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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

      @Curtis said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

      I never, ever answer security questions with real information.

      That's a good practice. Have your own secret code system.

      Of course Curtis has his own code system, he's from another planet.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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        @DustinB3403 said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

        @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

        @Curtis said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

        I never, ever answer security questions with real information.

        That's a good practice. Have your own secret code system.

        Of course Curtis has his own code system, he's from another planet.

        Dude, not everyone named Curtis is THAT Curtis.

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

          @DustinB3403 said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

          @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

          @Curtis said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

          I never, ever answer security questions with real information.

          That's a good practice. Have your own secret code system.

          Of course Curtis has his own code system, he's from another planet.

          Dude, not everyone named Curtis is THAT Curtis.

          At least someone got that

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

            @Obsolesce said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

            This only occurs, that I've seen, during OOBE when you set up the PC as a local, non-domain, non-Microsoft-Account, user.

            Correct, as a standard local account. The "normal" way. Most people don't use AD, even in business this is dropping off quickly. And lots of people don't want to deal with those ridiculous MS accounts that they try to ram down everyone's throats. And who knows how secure those are, anyway.

            That is not the normal way to set up windows anymore and has not been for quite a while. The normal way to set up windows is with a Microsoft account. In fact you have to click no to setting up a Microsoft account multiple times in order to set up a PC without a Microsoft account

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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              @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

              @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

              @Obsolesce said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

              This only occurs, that I've seen, during OOBE when you set up the PC as a local, non-domain, non-Microsoft-Account, user.

              Correct, as a standard local account. The "normal" way. Most people don't use AD, even in business this is dropping off quickly. And lots of people don't want to deal with those ridiculous MS accounts that they try to ram down everyone's throats. And who knows how secure those are, anyway.

              That is not the normal way to set up windows anymore and has not been for quite a while. The normal way to set up windows is with a Microsoft account. In fact you have to click no to setting up a Microsoft account multiple times in order to set up a PC without a Microsoft account

              That's what they promote, but I wonder how many people are actually doing that.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                @Obsolesce said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                This only occurs, that I've seen, during OOBE when you set up the PC as a local, non-domain, non-Microsoft-Account, user.

                Correct, as a standard local account. The "normal" way. Most people don't use AD, even in business this is dropping off quickly. And lots of people don't want to deal with those ridiculous MS accounts that they try to ram down everyone's throats. And who knows how secure those are, anyway.

                That is not the normal way to set up windows anymore and has not been for quite a while. The normal way to set up windows is with a Microsoft account. In fact you have to click no to setting up a Microsoft account multiple times in order to set up a PC without a Microsoft account

                That's what they promote, but I wonder how many people are actually doing that.

                Probably most that don’t use AD. Of course some will not, but not many.

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                • ObsolesceO
                  Obsolesce
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                  I do it, it works really well with MS everything... Since I buy a yearly personal subscription to O365, it all "just works" with email, onedrive, etc... I don't have to do anything.

                  And yes, it seems the personal stuff works way better more reliably than enterprise... shrug

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @JaredBusch
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                    @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                    @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                    @Obsolesce said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                    This only occurs, that I've seen, during OOBE when you set up the PC as a local, non-domain, non-Microsoft-Account, user.

                    Correct, as a standard local account. The "normal" way. Most people don't use AD, even in business this is dropping off quickly. And lots of people don't want to deal with those ridiculous MS accounts that they try to ram down everyone's throats. And who knows how secure those are, anyway.

                    That is not the normal way to set up windows anymore and has not been for quite a while. The normal way to set up windows is with a Microsoft account. In fact you have to click no to setting up a Microsoft account multiple times in order to set up a PC without a Microsoft account

                    That's what they promote, but I wonder how many people are actually doing that.

                    Probably most that don’t use AD. Of course some will not, but not many.

                    I tend to agree - most home users will use a MS account simply because it's what's presented. IT folks and some programmers might not, but I'm willing to bet it's way over half that do.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                      @Dashrender said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                      @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                      @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                      @Obsolesce said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                      This only occurs, that I've seen, during OOBE when you set up the PC as a local, non-domain, non-Microsoft-Account, user.

                      Correct, as a standard local account. The "normal" way. Most people don't use AD, even in business this is dropping off quickly. And lots of people don't want to deal with those ridiculous MS accounts that they try to ram down everyone's throats. And who knows how secure those are, anyway.

                      That is not the normal way to set up windows anymore and has not been for quite a while. The normal way to set up windows is with a Microsoft account. In fact you have to click no to setting up a Microsoft account multiple times in order to set up a PC without a Microsoft account

                      That's what they promote, but I wonder how many people are actually doing that.

                      Probably most that don’t use AD. Of course some will not, but not many.

                      I tend to agree - most home users will use a MS account simply because it's what's presented. IT folks and some programmers might not, but I'm willing to bet it's way over half that do.

                      Have you seen a lot of home users doing this? I have not, of course my cross section is tiny. But of the ones I see that have zero tech skills, they all skip it because it is scary and confusing.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                        @Dashrender said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                        @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                        @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                        @Obsolesce said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                        This only occurs, that I've seen, during OOBE when you set up the PC as a local, non-domain, non-Microsoft-Account, user.

                        Correct, as a standard local account. The "normal" way. Most people don't use AD, even in business this is dropping off quickly. And lots of people don't want to deal with those ridiculous MS accounts that they try to ram down everyone's throats. And who knows how secure those are, anyway.

                        That is not the normal way to set up windows anymore and has not been for quite a while. The normal way to set up windows is with a Microsoft account. In fact you have to click no to setting up a Microsoft account multiple times in order to set up a PC without a Microsoft account

                        That's what they promote, but I wonder how many people are actually doing that.

                        Probably most that don’t use AD. Of course some will not, but not many.

                        I tend to agree - most home users will use a MS account simply because it's what's presented. IT folks and some programmers might not, but I'm willing to bet it's way over half that do.

                        Have you seen a lot of home users doing this? I have not, of course my cross section is tiny. But of the ones I see that have zero tech skills, they all skip it because it is scary and confusing.

                        The option to skip it's obvious enough for most people I run into - they just do it, even if that means setting up a new account.

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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403
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                          I constantly skip the MS account because it's just irritating to need yet another account.

                          And I don't want everything tied together.

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch @Dashrender
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                            @Dashrender said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                            @Dashrender said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                            @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                            @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                            @Obsolesce said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                            This only occurs, that I've seen, during OOBE when you set up the PC as a local, non-domain, non-Microsoft-Account, user.

                            Correct, as a standard local account. The "normal" way. Most people don't use AD, even in business this is dropping off quickly. And lots of people don't want to deal with those ridiculous MS accounts that they try to ram down everyone's throats. And who knows how secure those are, anyway.

                            That is not the normal way to set up windows anymore and has not been for quite a while. The normal way to set up windows is with a Microsoft account. In fact you have to click no to setting up a Microsoft account multiple times in order to set up a PC without a Microsoft account

                            That's what they promote, but I wonder how many people are actually doing that.

                            Probably most that don’t use AD. Of course some will not, but not many.

                            I tend to agree - most home users will use a MS account simply because it's what's presented. IT folks and some programmers might not, but I'm willing to bet it's way over half that do.

                            Have you seen a lot of home users doing this? I have not, of course my cross section is tiny. But of the ones I see that have zero tech skills, they all skip it because it is scary and confusing.

                            The option to skip it's obvious enough for most people I run into - they just do it, even if that means setting up a new account.

                            It is obvious? not really. And even if they see it and click on it, you have to refuse once or twice more.

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @JaredBusch
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                              @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                              @Dashrender said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                              @Dashrender said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                              @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                              @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                              @Obsolesce said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                              This only occurs, that I've seen, during OOBE when you set up the PC as a local, non-domain, non-Microsoft-Account, user.

                              Correct, as a standard local account. The "normal" way. Most people don't use AD, even in business this is dropping off quickly. And lots of people don't want to deal with those ridiculous MS accounts that they try to ram down everyone's throats. And who knows how secure those are, anyway.

                              That is not the normal way to set up windows anymore and has not been for quite a while. The normal way to set up windows is with a Microsoft account. In fact you have to click no to setting up a Microsoft account multiple times in order to set up a PC without a Microsoft account

                              That's what they promote, but I wonder how many people are actually doing that.

                              Probably most that don’t use AD. Of course some will not, but not many.

                              I tend to agree - most home users will use a MS account simply because it's what's presented. IT folks and some programmers might not, but I'm willing to bet it's way over half that do.

                              Have you seen a lot of home users doing this? I have not, of course my cross section is tiny. But of the ones I see that have zero tech skills, they all skip it because it is scary and confusing.

                              The option to skip it's obvious enough for most people I run into - they just do it, even if that means setting up a new account.

                              It is obvious? not really. And even if they see it and click on it, you have to refuse once or twice more.

                              Whoops - I meant - NOT super obvious... normal users will be guilted into using an MS account in most cases.

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                              • ObsolesceO
                                Obsolesce @Dashrender
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                                @Dashrender said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                                @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                                @Dashrender said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                                @Dashrender said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                                @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                                @JaredBusch said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                                @Obsolesce said in Why, in 2018, is Microsoft adding security questions to Windows 10?:

                                This only occurs, that I've seen, during OOBE when you set up the PC as a local, non-domain, non-Microsoft-Account, user.

                                Correct, as a standard local account. The "normal" way. Most people don't use AD, even in business this is dropping off quickly. And lots of people don't want to deal with those ridiculous MS accounts that they try to ram down everyone's throats. And who knows how secure those are, anyway.

                                That is not the normal way to set up windows anymore and has not been for quite a while. The normal way to set up windows is with a Microsoft account. In fact you have to click no to setting up a Microsoft account multiple times in order to set up a PC without a Microsoft account

                                That's what they promote, but I wonder how many people are actually doing that.

                                Probably most that don’t use AD. Of course some will not, but not many.

                                I tend to agree - most home users will use a MS account simply because it's what's presented. IT folks and some programmers might not, but I'm willing to bet it's way over half that do.

                                Have you seen a lot of home users doing this? I have not, of course my cross section is tiny. But of the ones I see that have zero tech skills, they all skip it because it is scary and confusing.

                                The option to skip it's obvious enough for most people I run into - they just do it, even if that means setting up a new account.

                                It is obvious? not really. And even if they see it and click on it, you have to refuse once or twice more.

                                Whoops - I meant - NOT super obvious... normal users will be guilted into using an MS account in most cases.

                                yeah the first two times it took me a moment to notice you could skip.

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