Was in the process of quickly setting up a Surface tablet to show for a potential sale.

Sat here for 10 mins on my hands trying to figure how you now skip the MS account and create a local account.

In the end found you have to put in incorrect credentials in the sign in box then you are presented with the option.

• Edited by Brandon RecordsModerator Tuesday, May 05, 2015 11:31 PM Profanity removed.

The above screenshot looks like it's from Windows 8. They changed it in Windows 8.1 to no longer have the "sign in without a Microsoft account"

Hi Allister ,

Based on my experience , I can create a local account the first time I sign in the Windows 8.1 machine .I am not sure whether it has been changed in the Surface Pro machine .
However,we can refer to the link I have posted before to create a new local account from the "Settings" menu.

Best regards