can i install apps from apps store with a local account?

drugo

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Hi
i do prefer a local account
but when i try to install new apps from app store
w8.1 asks me to switch to a microsoft account

can i install apps with a local account?
and how can i understand if i have a local account or microsoft account

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See the screenshot below for selection you have to make for not to convert your local account to a Microsoft Account:

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorial...-different-microsoft-account-windows-8-a.html

40061d1395534816-skype-app-use-local-account-windows-8-2014-03-22_23h39_08.png

Screenshot from tutorial http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/43112-skype-app-use-local-account-windows-8-a.html.

You of course need an email address (Microsoft Account) but it will only be used for the app in question (Windows Store is also just an app), so in the next dialog either give an existing Microsoft Account credentials or select Sign up for a Microsoft account to create a new one to be used with Store app:
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Your Windows sign in account will remain local, it will not be converted to a Microsoft Account.


Kari
 
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See the screenshot below for selection you have to make for not to convert your local account to a Microsoft Account:
Kari

Kari , microsoft account is hotmail ,isn't it?

Thanks Kari
i will do it
 

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Microsoft Account is any email account provided by Microsoft (Hotmail, Live, Outlook.com, MSN). In some extent also an email account from other providers like Yahoo or Gmail can be used as a Microsoft Account.

With "in some extent" I mean that if you set up a Windows 8 user profile using a Microsoft Account, you can also connect a Gmail or Yahoo account to a Microsoft Account. However, when using a local account to sign in to Windows 8 or later, you cannot use Gmail and Yahoo accounts for Store and Store apps as told in my previous post.

Read more:Microsoft accounts - Windows tutorial
 

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Microsoft Account is single ID for many MS services.
A little soft selling here by MS: Microsoft Account Benefits Overview

You can use any eMail address to establish a Microsoft Account or create a new one using Outlook.com (Hotmail migrated to Outlook.com a while back).

With the advent of Win8 and Windows Store, the concept has become more prevalent - it's a similar model to Google Play (for apps).

The fact that Microsoft is changing the name of a lot of things doesn't make understanding or explaining things any easier ;)
 

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Microsoft Account is any email account provided by Microsoft (Hotmail, Live, Outlook.com, MSN). In some extent also an email account from other providers like Yahoo or Gmail can be used as a Microsoft Account.

With "in some extent" I mean that if you set up a Windows 8 user profile using a Microsoft Account, you can also connect a Gmail or Yahoo account to a Microsoft Account. However, when using a local account to sign in to Windows 8 or later, you cannot use Gmail and Yahoo accounts for Store and Store apps as told in my previous post.

Read more:Microsoft accounts - Windows tutorial

Kari
i did exactly like your tutorial
i have installed 1 app Sign into each app separately instead (not recommend)
but now in store when i want to install an app it doesn't ask me
Sign into each app separately instead (not recommend)
but look the screenshot


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translate in english
add you microsoft account
email
password
get a microsoft account (i own one)
save
cancel
 

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@ drugo:
You'll be signing into that app separately
 

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@ drugo:
You'll be signing into that app separately
do you mean that after the screenshot that after signing like this screenshot
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in my second screenshot is You'll be signing into that app separately ??

how can i be sure i'm again under a local account?

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That's correct, that is how you'll be signing into each app separately but you will need to sign OUT of each app separately as well if it applies, and sign OUT of the Store each time as well.
Go to PC Settings/Accounts/Your account to check your type.
 

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That's correct, that is how you'll be signing into each app separately but you will need to sign OUT of each app separately as well if it applies, and sign OUT of the Store each time as well.
Go to PC Settings/Accounts/Your account to check your type.
thankd Edwin
and if i forget to log out , what can happen ?
could change to a microsoft account ? and i will loose my local account

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No, it will remain a local account, but I would suggest to make it a habit to sign out for security reasons.
 

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Kari
i did exactly like your tutorial
i have installed 1 app Sign into each app separately instead (not recommend)
but now in store when i want to install an app it doesn't ask me
Sign into each app separately instead (not recommend)

If you have followed the instructions, when logged in with a local account and you install first app from Windows Store and enter an email address, that email address will now be used for the Store App (Windows Store is just an app as any other app), so further downloads from Store do not ask any email address.

When you then run apps you have installed from Store, and if the app in question needs an email, you will get this dialog for each app:

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(I changed the language to Italian to get screenshot in your language.)​

To be sure I am giving valid advice, I installed Windows 8.1 Update 1 to a virtual machine using a local account. I then went to Store and installed one app and tested this one more time. As I have told earlier, at this point (installing first app from Store when using a local account), it gave me the option to switch to a Microsoft Account or to sign in to each app using a separate email.

I selected separate email and installed the app. After that I installed a few more apps, Store did no longer ask an email because the email I had given when installing the first app was now connected to Store App. Launching the installed apps first time, I always get the dialog as shown in screenshot above.

I can only repeat: If you follow the instructions, launching any newly installed app the app shows a dialog asking if you want to switch to Microsoft Account or select a separate email for each app.

Kari
 

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