If you want to change your user account picture on windows 8, you’ve to select Account Picture option on the right pane under Personalize menu there.Press win key + i and choose Change PC Settings or bring up charms bar by sliding your mouse upwards from the bottom-right corner and select settings and then Change PC settings option located at the bottom.So, in this guide, we’ll see how to create a new local offline user account on Windows 8. The big advantage of using Microsoft account as user account on windows 8 is that all your settings are synchronized on the cloud, but you may prefer to have a local account which is not connected to your Microsoft account. By default, windows 8 uses your Microsoft account to login to your PC.