Solved How do you cancel password in win 8

When I set up windows 8, I setup the Microsoft live account and placed a password in. I thought I was just setting up a live mail account but instead when I boot into windows I am asked for a password and don't want this. I tried changing the password to nothing and was not allowed to. I did manage to go to control userpasswords2 and tell windows to log me in automatically. What I want to do is change it to not having a password to sign into windows 8 at all. Is there anyway. Thanks for the help

Hello Bruce,

A Microsoft account must have a password since it is basically the password for the email address you used to sign up for the Microsoft account. There's no way around it for a Microsoft account.

However, you could switch the Microsoft account to be a local account instead.


Afterwards, remove the password for the local account.


It's strongly recommended to keep your administrator account password protected for obvious security reasons though.


Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks for the help. That did explain allot to me and I do understand what is going on with the Microsoft account now. Thank you very much'
Bruce

You're most welcome Bruce.