So, you’ve got a new laptop, and you can’t wait to get it up and running. No matter what you want to use your new laptop for, you’ve still got to set it up. This is probably the most arduous part of buying a new gadget, and unless you have an existing Microsoft account, this won’t be as simple as syncing a new Apple device.
For the benefit of security and ease of signing back in or setting up a new laptop later down the line, I would suggest making a Microsoft account; if you’re an Xbox user, you’ll probably already have one, or if you made an account to use Microsoft 365 or use a free Outlook email account, you can log in using that. Using Windows Hello (biometric login which uses your fingerprint or webcam to identify you) or two-stage authentication means your laptop will be more protected and logging back in (if you’ve lost your password) is much easier.
