Windows 10 Setting up a laptop in a way that allows necessary control of the oneDrive

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First I'll explain what should not have happened when I recently set up a laptop, and then I'll explain what should have.


When I set up my new laptop, Microsoft made some blunders that cost me dearly. Specifically, they:

• Decided without consulting me whether I even wanted a oneDrive for my new laptop.
• Presumed that they somehow knew which oneDrive and email to associate with my new laptop.
• Dredged up an old email that I hadn't used in years and gave my laptop a brand new oneDrive.
• Refused to say what they did with the oneDrive for my old broken laptop.
• Refused to return my data that I had placed on that oneDrive.

The correct, ethical approach, in my opinion, would be to provide a oneDrive setup dialogue along the following lines:

Do you wish to attach one of the following oneDrives to your new laptop?

⦾ No Thanks

⦾ The existing oneDrive associated with your xxxxx email

[currently attached to another laptop / not currently attached to another laptop]

. . . . . . .

⦾ The existing oneDrive associated with your zzzzz email
[currently attached to another laptop / not currently attached to another laptop]
⦾ A new oneDrive associated with the email ______________

Do you want to configure the oneDrive as an extension of your laptop's file system?

(If so) Do you want to Sync the oneDrive with the hard drive's document folder, picture folder, and desktop?

Do you want a onelook.com account for this oneDrive's email?

Do you want Microsoft to automatically log you into this outlook.com account when you log onto your laptop (thereby inviting others to impersonate you simply by hacking your laptop)?

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