Question Files related to Microsoft account

[ahplit]

Can someone help me identify the files (and registry settings,, if any) related to Microsoft account for work or school.
Thanks.

 

[MJS WARLORD]

What type of microsoft account are you trying to get into and more to the point why would you want to get at the files AND access the registry , i may be wrong be i dont think anyone will answer your question.

 

[ahplit]

What type of microsoft account are you trying to get into and more to the point why would you want to get at the files AND access the registry , i may be wrong be i dont think anyone will answer your question.

Really sorry If I am not clear in my expression.
I have stated "Microsoft account for work or school".

 

[USAFRet]

Can someone help me identify the files (and registry settings,, if any) related to Microsoft account for work or school.
Thanks.

As each Windows account on a PC can have its own related applications, settings, and personal files, there could be thousands of "files" or registry settings applicable to one account and not a different one.

What is the basis for this question?

 

[MJS WARLORD]

Hi USAFRet .... i still dont get why he would want to access registry files ... do you ???

 

[USAFRet]

Hi USAFRet .... i still dont get why he would want to access registry files ... do you ???

No idea, hence my question.

 

[ahplit]

As each Windows account on a PC can have its own related applications, settings, and personal files, there could be thousands of "files" or registry settings applicable to one account and not a different one.

What is the basis for this question?

My question relates to Microsoft account for work or school; I was not asking for the files created by the windows local user account to populate the user profile.

 

[USAFRet]

My question relates to Microsoft account for work or school; I was not asking for the files created by the windows local user account to populate the user profile.

That is totally unknowable, and is tied directly to the particular "work" or "school" environment.

My work PC would be completely different than your school PC.

Again, what is the basis for this question?

 

[COLGeek]

My question relates to Microsoft account for work or school; I was not asking for the files created by the windows local user account to populate the user profile.

What problem are you trying to solve? The answers depend on your purpose.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

With the reluctance to provide the requested information this is beginning to sound like someone trying to do an end run around security restrictions.

 

[MJS WARLORD]

Hi bubblehead i suspect the guy could be up to no good and your comments are exactly what i was thinking and like i said to USAFRet why would he want to go into the registry .

I wonder if he will come back and say he forgot his password and then ask how to bypass password to get to desktop.

 

[ahplit]

What problem are you trying to solve? The answers depend on your purpose.

Since you guys insist I will share a bit of my purpose.
I am creating a trimmed down Windows image (Win 10 and 11 since both OSes are very similar except for few improvements in utilities, UI and installation. At least for my purpose I consider both as 100% binary compatible, design compatible, engineering compatible) to be used with CNC machines.
I don't need the vast majority of windows files. For my purpose Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is very much limited.
I believe people should be able to seek help w/o revealing information that are not relevant in order to propose a solution.

 

[DSzymborski]

You would only know what is relevant and what is not if you already knew the answer to the question in the first place.

You can certainly *seek* help while not revealing details, but just like you have a right to request that help, so to do people have a right to *withhold* help when people are not transparent and refuse to answer questions.

 

[Ralston18]

CNC = Computer Numerical Control machine. Correct?

Are there some constraints (storage, RAM, etc.) regarding the host CNC machine that are forcing the "trim down"?

For the most part my thought would be to just leave Windows alone.

I suggest that you just disable everything that is not necessary but leave things alone otherwise.

Then if there is a specific problem consider removing files and making specific registry edits that target the problem at hand.

Doubt that much will be gained by the envisioned global "trim down" and it is very likely that registry edits will cause immediate and/or future problems.

Also the "trim down" is likely to eventually run afoul of some firmware upgrade to the host computer. Or hosted apps being run on the CNC system.

What you have in mind is certainly okay just as a learning (school) project to tinker and experiment with. Nothing to really lose and you start over via the last image backup. Or maybe from the very beginning again.

However, if the CNC system is going to be a production setup (work) then troubleshooting is going to be much more difficult because Windows has been modified and as a result starts behaving in unexpected and unknown/TBD ways.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

 

[ahplit]

You would only know what is relevant and what is not if you already knew the answer to the question in the first place.

You can certainly *seek* help while not revealing details, but just like you have a right to request that help, so to do people have a right to *withhold* help when people are not transparent and refuse to answer questions.

Makes sense to me.

 

[ahplit]

CNC = Computer Numerical Control machine. Correct?

yes

Are there some constraints (storage, RAM, etc.) regarding the host CNC machine that are forcing the "trim down"?

Not exactly.

For the most part my thought would be to just leave Windows alone.

Does not make sense to me. For instance, I do not need XBOX services and apps.

I suggest that you just disable everything that is not necessary but leave things alone otherwise.

Then if there is a specific problem consider removing files and making specific registry edits that target the problem at hand.

Doubt that much will be gained by the envisioned global "trim down" and it is very likely that registry edits will cause immediate and/or future problems.

Also the "trim down" is likely to eventually run afoul of some firmware upgrade to the host computer. Or hosted apps being run on the CNC system.

What firmware?
You know CNC machines are operated through a Windows application (which is dependent on VCRT).
Modern CMC machines connect through USB (drivers are provided by the vendor).

What you have in mind is certainly okay just as a learning (school) project to tinker and experiment with. Nothing to really lose and you start over via the last image backup. Or maybe from the very beginning again.

However, if the CNC system is going to be a production setup (work) then troubleshooting is going to be much more difficult because Windows has been modified and as a result starts behaving in unexpected and unknown/TBD ways.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

Thanks for your thoughts.
I know what I am doing and I am very confident in what I do.
I have been working on computers since the 286 and MS DOS days.

 

[bignastyid]

For a business get a volume license for the ltsc version of windows.

 

[Ralston18]

In that context (your post #16), then fair enough.

Very good that you know what you are doing and are confident in what you do.

I do not use Xbox and other included apps. However, purging them from the system beyond disabling those specific apps may have unintended consequences.

If not sooner then later.

"You know CNC machines are operated through a Windows application (which is dependent on VCRT).
Modern CMC machines connect through USB (drivers are provided by the vendor".
(VRTC being = "Visual C++ RunTime") - correct?

Did not know that per se.

However if, for example, some vendor's driver happens to piggyback off of some bit of Windows code (maybe USB related) then having removed, trimmed out, or otherwise edited the original code would likely cause a failure of some sort.

Unfortunately Windows is big and complicated. By trimming down and otherwise editing Windows you simply create another set of possible problems - especially when Windows updates are released. They fix one of their problems which, in turn, creates a new problem for you.

Troubleshooting could become messy: was it you, Microsoft, Visual C++, the driver(s), firmware.....?

Microsoft will do what they want with their code and if you have made changes (which may be a violation of EUA's) then Microsoft is not responsible for any resulting consequences.

Bottom line for me: If there are no specific requirements for trimming down etc., then I would just leave Windows alone. Especially if being used in a production environment.

Keeps it all a bit simpler.

Still, your call.