[SOLVED] Windows account syncing careful

[nbartolo7]

I heard you can get screwed when signing in to windows with a windows account instead of a local account if windows decides to sync, and the last pc you used was a brand-new one, and you lose all your data.

Is that true? If so, is there a way to stop that? Did they fix this?

 

[dwd999]

I heard you can get screwed when signing in to windows with a windows account instead of a local account if windows decides to sync, and the last pc you used was a brand-new one, and you lose all your data.

Is that true? If so, is there a way to stop that? Did they fix this?

No of course that's not true. Sync only works on settings such as theme, passwords, language preference and other windows settings. And of course you can turn it off. Just click on the main windows settings option, then choose Accounts and then Sync your settings. You will see the categories of things that are synced and the button to turn it off.

[edit] OK technically saved themes and passwords would be considered data so if the last pc used was new it might affect those. So just turn it off on every computer you use.

 

[USAFRet]

I heard you can get screwed when signing in to windows with a windows account instead of a local account if windows decides to sync, and the last pc you used was a brand-new one, and you lose all your data.

Is that true? If so, is there a way to stop that? Did they fix this?

No, the "sync" doesn't work like that.

 

[Colif]

if you really concerned about it, you can clear your cloud saves and then the only PC it will know is whatever you log onto next.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...3-279a-329926955708#WindowsVersion=Windows_10

I don't think its a problem as you would have to have windows sync settings while you were on the new PC and have it overwrite what was on servers before... I don't think it would. I feel its probably got some counter to know which PC is used more. I don't have any way of knowing how often they even run that service, its not an obvious scheduled task

it doesn't touch documents, its more settings like passwords, desktop wallpapers & onedrive.

the worst it can do is swap desktop wallpapers, i turned it off on my old PC as I swapped from a 1080p screen to 4k but it remembered my 1080p wallpaper and would set it on 4k. doesn't look good.

 

[nbartolo7]

I don't think I explained myself correctly.

I am referring to the problem mentioned at 8:44 of this video.

 

[USAFRet]

I don't think I explained myself correctly.

I am referring to the problem mentioned at 8:44 of this video.

At this exact point?

 

[Colif]

No, just a little later on where Jayz says it wiped one of his devices... without giving any context. I don't have any idea what he is talking about .
I don't think he even read what it says

The screen he is looking at when he says it, is activity history...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-privacy-2b279964-44ec-8c2f-e0c2-6779b07d2cbd
and it isn't attached to documents or anything, it just shows what you have done on the internet, and on the device, and only really shows Microsoft App history. If you don't use Edge or Office, it might be really pointless.

I rarely used it on Win 10 and it doesn't exist on Win 11.

 

[nbartolo7]

I don't have any idea what he is talking about .
I don't think he even read what it says

I know right? But I had to confirm with you, because I didn't know if I was imagining it myself or not getting it. Seems good ol Jay is getting old.