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When you first set up your Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 PC, the default option is to set up a Microsoft account, but you don’t have to.

However, several users don’t want to use a Microsoft account, perhaps for security or privacy reasons. There are advantages of signing in with a Microsoft account, including the ability to synchronise settings between the different Windows 8 PCs you use, connect seamlessly with online services which also use the Microsoft account sign-in, and also the ability to easily install apps from the Windows Store. However, we’d recommend you don’t use a work email or any other email address you’re likely to lose access to if you should change jobs. Starting with Windows 8, users have had the ability to sign into their PCs using a Microsoft account rather than simply choosing a user name and password.Ī Microsoft account is most often associated with one of Microsoft’s own email services such as or, but can in fact be any email address you currently use or even one you set up specifically just for your Microsoft account. (See also: Windows 8.1 review: improved but still an OS of two halves.) We explain how to use a Windows 8 PC, laptop or tablet, without signing up for a Microsoft account.