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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Microsoft will force Windows 11 installs to use Microsoft account
Date: 30 Mar 2025 06:51:03 GMT
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2025 02:31:27 -0000 (UTC), pothead wrote:

> They push the so called advantages of having a Microsoft account, mostly
> syncing data between multiple machines, but that kind of stuff is
> available from other companies as well.
> This kind of stuff is much too intrusive for me.

I have the corporate OneDrive at work which has more storage available 
than the consumer version and it is handy since I do work on multiple 
Windows boxes. I never set it up on my personal laptop. It's my only 
Windows box so there is nothing to sync to.