I have an RT tablet and updated it to Windows 8.1. The update basically performs the new PC setup. I can't get past the "Sign into your Microsoft Account".

Clicking "Next" does not allow me to proceed (and provides an error hint for an email address). Repeatedly clicking "Next" with no information has not allowed me to bypass the screen (I've tried 20 or 30 times now).

Clicking "Don't have an account" does nothing because its not linked.

The other two options are "Create an account" a "Privacy statement". I don't want to create an account for this tablet, and I'm not interested in Microsoft's perverted terms of service for an account.

In Windows 8.0, we were given the option to use local authentication (if I recall the name correctly). The link was basically hidden, but it was present.

How do I bypass this f**king feature? Or how do I go back to Windows 8.0?

• Edited by Jeffrey Walton Friday, October 18, 2013 9:18 AM

Hello,

You should be able to click "Create an account", then at the bottom of the following screen there is a link that says "use existing account", which uses the local account yous set up when you installed Windows 8.

I went through the same thing and was frustrated.  I was about to give in and create an account when I discovered this.  Why can't this be on the previous screen. 

Why you no use common sense Microsoft? 

• Edited by jettabrett92 Friday, October 18, 2013 2:02 PM
• Proposed as answer by Andre.ZieglerMicrosoft community contributor, Editor Friday, October 18, 2013 6:33 PM
• Marked as answer by Jeffrey Walton Friday, October 18, 2013 10:49 PM

> went through the same thing and was frustrated.  I was
> about to give in and create an account when I discovered
> this.  Why can't this be on the previous screen.
> Why you no use common sense Microsoft?

As I said on another thread:

<blockquote>Man I hope the FTC opens an investigation on Microsoft business practices. If this were examined in detail, I bet this would violate antitrust due to the illegal tying of services. (And you can't opt-out of the ad programs that are piled onto these "features" - you can only "personalize" the ads).</blockquote>

And its not just Microsoft - its Apple and Google, too.

• Proposed as answer by Ralph Malph 2 Wednesday, November 06, 2013 7:44 PM

or just keep pressing next or cancel at setup and it will automatically use local. Simple very smart MS. Even better yet a simple search of the forums would have found your answer. Common sense

• Edited by colakid Friday, October 18, 2013 11:40 PM

Click Cancel and unplug your network cable or deactivate your WiFi connection. Then you will be able to create a local account.

• Proposed as answer by Michael L. Cram Tuesday, November 04, 2014 12:35 PM

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• Edited by deema78 5 hours 27 minutes ago

It is the single biggest enemy of end users. Tracking for pattern recognition and, eventually, far, far worse. Once systems have collected and analyzed enough data about a person, they will be able to begin anticipating a person's habits and moves before they happen, as each "question" posed to the system, about an individual, can be a "yes or no", purposefully cut and dry question, because there is a 50/50 chance of "guessing" right. BUT, when you calculate in ALL the insane amounts of data that the trackers have and are collecting, that data can be used to support or detract form that yes or no, on levels that will, no joke, essentially make them able to accurately predict any person's habits without ever having to track them again, because it can all be used relative to another piece of data, and so on down the line. Like bread crumbs or a chain link.... All bad

• Edited by deema78 Friday, March 06, 2015 2:47 AM