From 7a0223435acfdf03e7162f148394ba4afc29a4cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Lich Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:57:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] updating Microsoft Account section --- ...ndows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/windows/manage/manage-connections-from-windows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services.md b/windows/manage/manage-connections-from-windows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services.md index cb62708f18..1a3ffc0c33 100644 --- a/windows/manage/manage-connections-from-windows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services.md +++ b/windows/manage/manage-connections-from-windows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services.md @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Here's a list of changes that were made to this article for Windows 10, version - Added a section on how to turn off automatic root updates to stop updating the certificate trust list in [1. Certificate trust lists](#certificate-trust-lists). - Added a new setting in [25. Windows Update](#bkmk-wu). - Changed the NCSI URL in [11. Network Connection Status Indicator](#bkmk-ncsi). -- Added a section on how to turn off features that depend on Microsoft Account [10. Microsoft Account](#bkmk-microsoft-account). +- Added a section on how to turn off features that depend on Microsoft Account cloud authentication service [10. Microsoft Account](#bkmk-microsoft-account). - Added the following Group Policies: @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ To turn off the Windows Mail app: ### 10. Microsoft Account -To turn off features that depend on Microsoft Account: +To prevent communication to the Microsoft Account cloud authentication service. Many apps and system components that depend on Microsoft Account authentication may lose functionality. Some of them could be in unexpected ways. - Change the **Start** REG\_DWORD registry setting in **HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\wlidsvc** to 4.