FEBRUARY 2019 PCWorld 105the voice of Cortana, Jen Taylor, they may
differ a bit from PC to PC, and be affected
by your choices. Generally, you’ll be able to
handle most questions without any hand-
holding; you’ll be asked for your preferred
language and keyboard layout, to connect
to Wi-Fi, and so on.
Your major choices boil down to these:
whether to enter or create a Microsoft
password, whether to enable Cortana, and
choosing your privacy settings. Entering (or
creating) a Microsoft account allows your
preferences to “follow” you from PC to PC,
create a OneDrive cloud-storage account,
and more. Creating an account is
recommended, though you can use a local
account and password instead.
Likewise, it’s up to you whether you want
to enable Cortana, though you’ll still find the
icon lurking about the search box on your
desktop when setup is completed. You’re
free to fiddle with the privacy settings,
though you also have the option to change
these within Windows proper. We’ll talk
about these a bit more later.
After a few minutes the setup processPersonalization begins with entering your name.
If Windows Hello is enabled on your PC, you’ll
have a chance to set it up in the OOBE. Do so! It
takes just a few seconds.Though you’re free to configure these privacy
settings as you see fit, you can also take the time
to adjust them later.