[GTALUG] Mini PC for Home Office?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 01:19:41PM -0500, William Park wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 10:14:51AM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> > | From: phiscock at ee.ryerson.ca
> > 
> > | I was impressed by the packaging and build quality of the computer. I was
> > | not impressed by Windows 8.1, which is a real dog's breakfast of Selling
> > | Stuff and Requesting All Your Information, and a really badly designed UI.
> > 
> > When you first log into Win8.1, they want you to use a Microsoft
> > identity (i.e. in the cloud).  Only when you cancel do they offer you
> > the choice of local credentials.  This is not obvious and most folks
> > get tricked.
> 
> 1. If the network is not connected, then it will give you opportunity to
> create "local" account.

So will being persistent about going back/canceling.  It would sure be
nice if it wasn't so insistent.

> 2. When it asks for Microsoft id, type something common (ie.
> user=abc at com, pass=abc) and it will complain, and give you "local"
> account.

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Len Sorensen