For as long as I can remember, I have always set up my PC using a local account. It was because I prioritized privacy over a bunch of services I didn't really need, and I didn't want Microsoft ...

While there are still more complex methods to create a local account, such as modifying the Windows installation image, these require advanced technical knowledge that most users don’t have. Microsoft ...

This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.