Local Account? Let’s finish setting up your PC

July 17, 2026 LiamLeave a comment

In 2026, Microsoft make it harder and harder to set up a Local Account. There are ways around their Out-of-Box Experience that keep requesting a Microsoft Account.

But once you have managed to setup to a Local Account over a Microsoft Account, we find that the end user will constantly get the same notification when signing into that account – Let’s Finish Setting up Your PC!

As the screenshot above shows, you can click on Remind in 3 days, but again – you’re going to have keep doing that over and over.

Buried in the System Notification, there is a tick box that should stop the above.

Microsoft Teams – Efficiency Mode

July 16, 2026 LiamLeave a comment

Recently, many organisations have noticed Microsoft Teams placing increased demands on system resources, particularly on devices with only 8GB of RAM. In the past, the straightforward answer may have been to upgrade memory or replace ageing hardware. However, with the cost of components such as RAM and SSDs remaining volatile, hardware upgrades are becoming increasingly difficult to justify from a budget perspective. Businesses are under constant pressure to balance IT spending while keeping staff productive, and the challenge is made greater by modern applications continuing to grow more resource-intensive. Microsoft’s new Teams Efficiency Mode is a welcome step in addressing this issue, helping lower-spec devices remain responsive without the immediate need for costly hardware upgrades.

In this post, we will discuss Microsoft Team’s new efficiency mode.

Uninstall Microsoft 365 (Office Applications) – XML File

June 1, 2026 LiamLeave a comment

A while back, I created a post on how to use Get Help to uninstall the pre-installed Microsoft 365 applications from your new device. As previously mentioned – When purchasing a new Windows computer from a manufacturer, mainly Dell – we have noticed that they like to install different language versions of Microsoft 365, and Microsoft OneNote.

As I mainly deal with computers for businesses and clients who have their Microsoft 365 subscription, we much prefer to uninstall the above and install a fresh copy of Microsoft 365 (Office) directly from their account / subscription.

We can uninstall directly from Control Panel, but each one can take 2-3 minutes, and requires manual intervention each time.

Recently, the Get Help method has been very hit-and-miss. This is a different method using the Deployment Tool and an XML File to quickly uninstall it.

Allow your organisation to manage your device?

April 17, 2026 LiamLeave a comment

When signing into one of the Microsoft 365 Desktop Apps (Outlook, Word, etc) – you’ll go through a couple of setup Windows, inserting your email address, password, and being asked whether you want to sign into all apps and finally – Allow your organisation to manage your device?

With the question above, if you use Microsoft Intune – it will allow for a simple enrolment process. But if you don’t, then clicking Yes will often result in a strange error message, which creates confusion to the end user.

In this post, I will show you how to prevent the above from being asked.

Windows 11 – Accessing Device and Printers in Control Panel

February 23, 2026 LiamLeave a comment

With Windows 11, we are slowly transitioning between Control Panel and Settings. However, when it comes to maintaining printers on a device, I much prefer the ‘older’ Control Panel interface.

In this post, I will show you a run dialogue on how to access the above.

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Local Account? Let’s finish setting up your PC

Microsoft Teams – Efficiency Mode

Uninstall Microsoft 365 (Office Applications) – XML File

Allow your organisation to manage your device?

Windows 11 – Accessing Device and Printers in Control Panel