On a recently upgraded W8.1 -> W10 system I have managed to get myself a Microsoft Account.
I have also for the moment lost the password, as it isn't the expected
usual one.
I expected to be able to go into another Administrator account and change
the password (like back in the good old days).
However that option doesn't seem to be on offer these days.
So, how do you reset the password?
Well, you use the "Forgot Password" option and it asks you for your email address then sends a reset code to the email address.
Just a minute.
If this is my only PC and I can't log in then how do I pick up the email
with the reset code?
This seems a logical fallacy.
Presumably you are assumed to have another device such as a mobile phone
to get the email.
Life is complicated enough at the moment. :-(
Gah!
Dave R
On a recently upgraded W8.1 -> W10 system I have managed to get myself a Microsoft Account.
I have also for the moment lost the password, as it isn't the expected
usual one.
So, how do you reset the password?
Well, you use the "Forgot Password" option and it asks you for your email address then sends a reset code to the email address.
Just a minute.
If this is my only PC and I can't log in then how do I pick up the email
with the reset code?
On a recently upgraded W8.1 -> W10 system I have managed to get myself a Microsoft Account....
I have also for the moment lost the password, as it isn't the expected
usual one.
I expected to be able to go into another Administrator account and change
the password (like back in the good old days).
However that option doesn't seem to be on offer these days.
So, how do you reset the password?
Well, you use the "Forgot Password" option and it asks you for your email address then sends a reset code to the email address.
Just a minute.
If this is my only PC and I can't log in then how do I pick up the email
with the reset code?
This seems a logical fallacy.
Presumably you are assumed to have another device such as a mobile phone
to get the email.
Life is complicated enough at the moment. :-(
Gah!
In article <lbrqubFe14uU2@mid.individual.net>, David wrote...
...
On a recently upgraded W8.1 -> W10 system I have managed to get myself
a Microsoft Account.
I have also for the moment lost the password, as it isn't the expected
usual one.
I expected to be able to go into another Administrator account and
change the password (like back in the good old days).
However that option doesn't seem to be on offer these days.
So, how do you reset the password?
Well, you use the "Forgot Password" option and it asks you for your
email address then sends a reset code to the email address.
Just a minute.
If this is my only PC and I can't log in then how do I pick up the
email with the reset code?
This seems a logical fallacy.
Presumably you are assumed to have another device such as a mobile
phone to get the email.
Life is complicated enough at the moment. :-(
Gah!
If the MS Account is one you've only just created then you could simply create a new one.
Otherwise, the account you want to use is authenticated by MS and you
may be able to recover it by attempting to log on to hotmail.com or
live.com or any of the MS family sites. There is an option to enter an
email address (fine if you can get to an Internet cafe and log on to a useable account you've designated as a Microsoft Account, or a phone
number or Skype name. If you haven't supplied any of those, and the
email account uses the same (forgotten) password, you may be out of
options. In any event, you'll need to be able to answer the "security questions" you set up when creating the MS account.
You effectively need a second device to pick up any emails, if your
primary device has you locked out.
In article <lbtra2Fe14uU7@mid.individual.net>, David wrote...
You effectively need a second device to pick up any emails, if yourI always configure any Windows machine with a second account (often just
primary device has you locked out.
a local one) in case a profile is locked out or corrupted. Bacon saved several times...
On Fri, 31 May 2024 20:53:16 +0100, Philip Herlihy wrote:
In article <lbtra2Fe14uU7@mid.individual.net>, David wrote...
You effectively need a second device to pick up any emails, if yourI always configure any Windows machine with a second account (often just
primary device has you locked out.
a local one) in case a profile is locked out or corrupted. Bacon saved several times...
So do I.
However I can no longer reset the password from within Windows, as I could
in earlier versions.
Cheers
Dave R
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