How to change from number to Name?

[whm1974]

OK I reinstalled Windows 10 this morning and didn't ask for my Name but Email or Phone Number instead. Well my Login Name is my Phone Number. How in Hell do I change this to my actual Name?

 

Come on Microsoft. Windows 8 didn't do this and was a great deal faster to install as well.

[comicsansms]

Easiest way to create a windows account that is online (while installing windows) is disconnect it from the internet, then it won't ask you.

 

But you can create an offline account by selecting creating an account for someone else, and you don't know their sign in details.

[whm1974]

1 minute ago, comicsansms said:

Easiest way is disconnect it from the internet, then it won't ask you.

 

But you can create an offline account by selecting creating an account for someone else, and you don't know their sign in details.

So I have to install Windows 10 again?

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, whm1974 said:

So I have to install Windows 10 again?

No, shut the computer down, disconnect it from the Internet (pull your Ethernet cable), then boot it back up.

[comicsansms]

5 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

So I have to install Windows 10 again?

No, Lets make a new account. It can be a pain in the arse to disconnect a connected account.

 

Open Computer management,

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go to users right click and select new user

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Then go to groups, click on Administrators, and add the newly created account

 

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[whm1974]

Thanks guys. IMHO This shouldn't be necessary. 

[GuiltySpark_]

33 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

Thanks guys. IMHO This shouldn't be necessary. 

I've installed Windows 10 probably 100 times across various machines (Home and Pro) and never once encountered this. Its something you selected during the setup process. 

[whm1974]

9 minutes ago, rickeo said:

I've installed Windows 10 probably 100 times across various machines (Home and Pro) and never once encountered this. Its something you selected during the setup process. 

I don't see how. Possibly I did because when I Install Windows 10 for the first time, it ask for my name. Maybe I didn't have the Ethernet Cable connected.

[whm1974]

I reinstalled without the Ethernet Cable. This with my Name and a Password. No PIN or Email.

 

Who over at Microsoft thought it was a good ideal to use a PIN and/or  Email address to Login a Computer?

 

They should be HFCS and Feathered...