First, move the mouse to the upper right corner or lower right corner of the screen, and a super button will pop up. Select "Change computer settings" (you can also press the shortcut key Win+I on the keyboard to pop up the super button).
Select "Synchronize your settings". If the current operating system uses a local account, the synchronization function cannot be used, and you need to switch to a Microsoft account to use it. Because of the local account, the synchronization options here are all grayed out.
▲ Select "Synchronize your settings"
So, here we need to set up a Microsoft account. Select "Users". In the window on the right, we can see the local account displayed here, and then click "Switch to Microsoft account".
▲ Click to switch to Microsoft account.
If you already have a Microsoft account, Hotmail account or Outlook account, please enter it here and click Next.
▲ Enter a Microsoft account.
The system will verify the account. If there is no problem, just enter the password and click "Next".
▲ Enter the password
If you don't have a Microsoft account, in the step of entering an account, click Register a new email and fill in your information as prompted.
▲ Register a new email account.
▲ Complete the setup of Microsoft account.
There is no need to restart the system after the Microsoft account is set, but it is necessary to remind everyone that your Microsoft account and password will be used for the next login, so remember your account and password.
Please go to Sync Your Settings and switch to a Microsoft account. By default, the options here are turned on. You can manually set whether to close it or not.
▲ Synchronization setting options, allowing opening and closing.
In Windows 8 system, there are Microsoft account and local account. Local accounts are only used for the operation of this computer, while Microsoft accounts allow account synchronization. A Microsoft account is required to purchase apps and Skydrive. Therefore, it is recommended that everyone use the Microsoft account in a unified way.
In addition, if you want to transfer to a local account, it is also possible. You only need to log off once after setting. For example, if you don't want to set the login password, you can ignore it in the local account.
Changing Microsoft account will receive SMS and email reminders, so Microsoft account is more secure.