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Dictators who positively go out of their way to force misery, tears and fears, upon their countryman's lives.
Politicians who, in dealing with dictators, have a wishbone where a backbone should be.
HI,
I've just upgraded to Widows 8.1 from Windows 8. Took ages to download and install, but eventually the PC rebooted. That's when I discovered (some of you may know what's coming) I cannot get past the "Confirm Your Local Account Password" window because I hadn't signed up to "Microsoft's Live Account" when I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8.
There was no prior warning whatsoever advising of problems that would occur if you did not register with their "Live Account", but neither do they prevent you from not signing up.
A Google search offers a work-around for this problem but, ONLY if you can get into your desktop, which I can't due to me not having a Local Account Password".
Depending on the web sites you view for advice, there appears to be a consensus of opinion that the only answer is to reformat the HDD and re-install the original OS.
If that is correct then I've lost everything including all my files and folders relating to Diabetes UK.
So bottom line, can anyone come up with a solution to help me with this problem, Paaaaleeeze.
You know, I can hardly believe Microsoft did not make/warn everyone that you MUST sign up with their "Live Account" in order to upgrade to Windows 8.1, yet as I mentioned neither do they prevent you from not signing up to the thing....and there's a lot of people fallen victim to this.
Microsoft are so brainy they're brainless, honestly.
So, if anyone can offer any advice/help, I'd be so relieved.
Thank you in advance.
willie.
I've just upgraded to Widows 8.1 from Windows 8. Took ages to download and install, but eventually the PC rebooted. That's when I discovered (some of you may know what's coming) I cannot get past the "Confirm Your Local Account Password" window because I hadn't signed up to "Microsoft's Live Account" when I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8.
There was no prior warning whatsoever advising of problems that would occur if you did not register with their "Live Account", but neither do they prevent you from not signing up.
A Google search offers a work-around for this problem but, ONLY if you can get into your desktop, which I can't due to me not having a Local Account Password".
Depending on the web sites you view for advice, there appears to be a consensus of opinion that the only answer is to reformat the HDD and re-install the original OS.
If that is correct then I've lost everything including all my files and folders relating to Diabetes UK.
So bottom line, can anyone come up with a solution to help me with this problem, Paaaaleeeze.
You know, I can hardly believe Microsoft did not make/warn everyone that you MUST sign up with their "Live Account" in order to upgrade to Windows 8.1, yet as I mentioned neither do they prevent you from not signing up to the thing....and there's a lot of people fallen victim to this.
Microsoft are so brainy they're brainless, honestly.
So, if anyone can offer any advice/help, I'd be so relieved.
Thank you in advance.
willie.