Microsoft live account. How to create a Microsoft account and why it is beneficial to be “friends” with Bill Gates’ company
A user account is required to full-fledged work with Windows. If you share a computer with other people, each person should have their own account. Each person can set up their account using own settings related to, for example, the desktop background or screensaver. User accounts also help you restrict access to files and applications, and help you control what changes individuals can make to your computer.
When creating a user account, you have the following options to choose from: two types of accounts: Account local computer or account Microsoft user, running on all used computers with operating system Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1. Recommended to use Microsoft account.
Create a Microsoft user account
A Microsoft user account is the email address and password you use to sign in to Windows. You can use any email address, but it's best to choose an email address you already use to communicate with friends and log into your favorite Websites. By signing in with your Microsoft account, you combine it with the contacts, files, and devices that are important to you.
Once you sign in with your Microsoft user account, your computer will be connected to your OneDrive storage.
This has the following meaning:
To create a Microsoft user account
Note: If you have problems with your Microsoft account, try running Microsoft Accounts Troubleshooter. This automated tool detects and automatically fixes some problems. Only available on English language, but will work in every language version of the operating system.
Create a local Windows account
Local recording provides access to only one computer. If you create local accounts, a separate account is required for each computer. Between the operating computers used Windows system 8.1 does not sync any user settings. In addition, your computer will not be linked to its files, settings, applications and web services in the cloud, accessible from anywhere. Without a Microsoft account, you can also download apps from the Windows Store.
(MVP Exchange) shared his joy in the chat: “She remembered her desktop wallpaper!” Certainly, clean system It can’t remember anything, but it can pull up many parameters from the cloud if you log in with a Microsoft account.
Windows 8 was the first operating system to feature Microsoft Account (formerly Live ID) sign-in. It's no surprise that many people are sticking with regular accounts the old fashioned way, while missing out on many of the benefits of using the new technology.
Today I will outline the main advantages of working with a Microsoft account, and in a week I will talk about how to get it working in it, and I will provide answers to the questions that you ask in the comments to this article.
List of reasons
1. Background synchronization of parameters
I will comment for you on some of the parameters shown in the picture above based on personal experience.
Modern interface and desktop
Please note that not only modern settings are synchronized Windows interface. The desktop design is also saved in the cloud, which made Oleg happy. In other words, the first time you log into your PC with a Microsoft account, you immediately feel at home!
Language options
For people who use the same language settings on all PCs, this feature eliminates the need for a whole host of settings. I have a funny incident with her.
As for passwords for websites, storing them in the cloud is incredibly convenient for a tablet, where entering complex combinations characters is not easy. However, passwords are only synchronized on trusted PCs.
Modern app settings
Microsoft can't imagine a future for the Windows ecosystem without huge amount modern applications on every PC. It is logical to assume that a person can own several Windows computers (for example, workstation and tablet). As a result, each application, including paid ones, can be used simultaneously on five PCs.
Yes, modern applications do not have mind-boggling settings, but they do exist! AND cloud synchronization greatly simplifies the use of applications.
On tablet I changed one of the parameters modern application Skype because I don't want anyone to be able to call me. In the picture above you can see a screenshot Skype settings immediately after installation on laptop. As you can see, additional actions no longer needed.
2. Free file storage on OneDrive
Owners of new Microsoft accounts receive free 7 GB of OneDrive (and old-timers who come to the rescue in time get 25 GB). When you sign in to Windows 8 with a Microsoft account, you automatically gain access to cloud storage for files and documents from the modern experience. In the figure you see how in the Mail application files located in the cloud are attached to a letter.
IN OneDrive app The ability to access files on a remote PC is also implemented.
Have you ever forgotten important file Houses?
I've been in situations like this, and a couple of times it turned into exhausting telephone instructions households inexperienced in computer matters. In this case, the only goal was to send the required file by mail.
Now all you have to do is leave your PC on or ask one of your family members to press the magic power button. If you have the Internet, then you will get to necessary files without unnecessary movements.
By the way, remote access applies not only to local disks, but also removable, optical and network.
The necessary information to confirm actions is sent to the email address and phone number specified in your profile.
Note. In Windows, you can reset your password without third-party programs, but this method only works if you are not using a Microsoft account.
5. Integration with various Microsoft programs
When you use a Microsoft account in Windows 8, you're automatically signed in to all the programs you've associated it with. I actually already talked about OneDrive above, so what follows will be about two programs that are very well known to you.
Microsoft Office 2013
New office suite Microsoft automatically picks up your account settings, and at the same time allows you to switch to another one - personal or corporate.
I keep all the drafts and ready-made records blog in the cloud so you can access them from any PC. With an account Microsoft work with documents on OneDrive looks exactly the same as with local files.
Previous Office versions also allowed you to work with cloud documents, but in Office 2013 this process became smoother, and not only in terms of the interface.
Skype
Discussion and poll
Of course, using Windows with a Microsoft account means that the company will know your email address and phone number. As with the Customer Experience Improvement Program, the company uses personal information strictly for its intended purpose.
It doesn't bother me that Microsoft knows my phone and email address, because this information is necessary to protect my account and personal data from unauthorized access, and providing it makes my daily work easier and faster!
I've been logging into Windows 8 with a Microsoft account since Windows Developer Preview on all my PCs and am very happy with the new experience! I regularly use all the above features, except for resetting the password, of course ;)
If you are still using a local account, I recommend you switch to a Microsoft account, because this way you get additional convenience without losing anything.
“Why another account?” – you might ask. The answer is rational and simple: with a Microsoft account you can only use by email, but also other company services, including Outlook.com with shared chat with Facebook and Skype, as well as gaming Xbox Live, cloud storage OneDrive and cloud office Office 365. In addition to this, the Microsoft “account” will also help you successfully log into Windows Phone and on Personal Computer or laptop Windows control 8.1, as well as Windows RT 8.1.
Therefore, creating a Microsoft account will not only be useful, but also very convenient and safe - after all, it is better to use it on all devices than to carry around a bunch of passwords and logins written down on a piece of paper.
So let's start creating a Microsoft account. To do this, go to the website https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?mkt=Ru-Ru&lic=... and start entering your personal data: first and last name. We also come up with a login for ourselves - Microsoft suggests entering your favorite email address on any other server - here it will be perceived simply as a username. As an example, as can be seen in the screenshot, he gives [email protected]. It is also possible to get a new one mailing address– on outlook.com. To do this, click on the inscription “Or get new address Email".
Here you need to specify (create) a password with which you will log into your account in the future. You need to confirm it here, then indicate the country, postcode, date of birth and even gender - male or female (Microsoft probably overdid it on this, and you can do without the latest data). Having carefully filled out all the empty boxes, if desired, we respond to Microsoft’s offer to protect our account using a phone number - I think Gates’ people can be trusted, so we enter it. Looking ahead, I will say that we will subsequently be sent a verification code to this address.
We also fulfill the server’s requirements and provide proof that you and I are not robots - we enter the so-called “captcha” - numbers or letters in the bottom line.
And finally, before completing the entire registration procedure, we take a closer look at Microsoft’s offer to send us the newest and most useful offers - they will come so often, so we can leave a “tick” in this box.
Having completed all the manipulations, we can safely press the button labeled “Create an account.” After this, the server will smoothly transfer us to the login page Outlook mail. There we can do a small check - find out if our login and password work: to do this, enter them in place of the same “ [email protected]" and the words "Password".
If something goes wrong, the situation can be easily corrected using telephone number, which is linked to our account. We click on the “Send me an SMS with a code” button, and after receiving it, we log into our account and find out what we wrote down incorrectly - the login with an extra letter, or something wrong with the password. It is also possible to change the password here.
Now that we have a Microsoft “account”, we can get, I repeat, free entry in the OneDrive online storage, where we can store a lot of files of any format and size for work. In addition, our new account will allow you to download applications from Windows Store– in this case, applications can be installed on different computers, smartphones, etc., without buying them again.
You can also now link your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts through the People app - it's very convenient to store all your contacts in one place. In addition, you can easily transfer color settings, themes, parameters to any other computer - for example, from home laptop to your desktop by logging into it under our account, and subsequently synchronize any changes on both devices.
These, and many other functions, become available to you and me precisely because we found the idea of creating a Microsoft account useful!
