From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > [After seeing your screenshot:]   
   >   
   >   You have to *open* ('>' at the right) the 'Your info' part. Then you   
   > get a new screen, which should have:   
   >   
   > "...   
   >  Account settings   
   >   
   >    Local account	        Sign in with a Microsoft account instead"   
   >   
   >   Where 'Sign in with a Microsoft account instead' is a link (in blue).   
      
   There are 2 places where a user might associate or create a new Windows   
   account to link to their MS account:   
      
   Settings -> Accounts, expand "Microsoft account" section, Sign in.   
      
   Or:   
      
   Settings -> Accounts, expand "Your info" section, Account settings ->   
   Local account, Sign in with a Microsoft account instead   
      
   The first option hints the existing local Windows account under which   
   you are currently logged into would get linked to the MS account.   
      
   With the "instead" mention, the second option hints a *new* Windows   
   account gets created.   
      
   It's possible both choices lead to the same process.  There might be   
   even more avenues to the same result.  Microsoft often has multiple   
   paths to the same destination.   
      
   >> My concern is if a *new* Windows account along with a new user   
   >> profile folder gets created for use with my MS account instead of   
   >> reusing the existing local Windows account that gets linked to my MS   
   >> account.   
   >   
   >   As other have mentioned, this procedure *changes* the local account to   
   > a Microsoft Account and keeps all your stuff, i.e. your old profile.   
      
   From the wording of the 2 methods available above, I'll probably pick   
   the first option since it looks more like linking an existing local   
   account to an MS account.   
      
   > If still in doubt, do a simple Google search on 'windows change local   
   > account to Microsoft Account' and the Google AI Overview' will give   
   > an overview (also covering your concerns) and quick and detail   
   > instructions.   
      
   AI can be just as wrong as it can be right.  AI is hardly infallible,   
   especially since it relies on aggregating data it finds on the Web, and   
   a lot of that is crap.  It can lead you into disaster, and it isn't   
   responsible for the result.   
      
   https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1100/format:webp/1*PJgcvZ-   
   hyAlde6Z9-fgLg.png   
   (https://drbriankeating.medium.com/ai-is-our-infallible-gps-to-n   
   where-f7636f1961af)   
      
   As a real person, thanks for helping, though.  Humans are fallible, too,   
   so you have to gauge the help to decide if useful, or dangerous.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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