WIN10 signing in

Cardew

My daughter has upgraded to Win 10 but has not yet got a Microsoft Account.

She wanted to download an App, so I logged in using my Hotmail account and password and downloaded and installed the free App.

Seems that was a big mistake as we now cannot switch on the computer without logging in using my email(Hotmail) account and password, and all my data(address book etc) is downloaded as if it is my computer.

I want to delete all my details from the computer, but cannot see how to achieve this. On 'settings' I have ticked 'never ask for a password' but it makes no difference.

Any Ideas please?

Cardew

Just to add that going to 'control panel' - 'User accounts' - 'delete user accounts' won't let me remove my account

AndyPix

Type accounts into the search box
click "change your account picture or profile settings"


Now you are in the accounts settings menu, you should see at the bottom :-


"sign in with a local account instead" - Click that and follow any prompts


Andy

Cardew

Thanks a lot, that works and my daughter can now sign in with a local account.

However I am still listed as the main administrator and I need to have all my details(email/address book etc) deleted from her computer.

All I did originally was signed in using my hotmail account and the PC has 'assumed' I am the owner of the PC and imported my addresses etc and made me the administrator.

As it happens I could log in using my Hotmail account and effect the remedy you suggested. What would have happened if, say, you had used her PC to check your Hotmail account, would you be the administrator?

Any further ideas please?

AndyPix

The top few paragraphs of this will see you right -


http://www.howtogeek.com/227763/how-to-completely-delete-your-microsoft-account/

wongataa

Cardew wrote: »

All I did originally was signed in using my hotmail account and the PC has 'assumed' I am the owner of the PC and imported my addresses etc and made me the administrator.

As it happens I could log in using my Hotmail account and effect the remedy you suggested. What would have happened if, say, you had used her PC to check your Hotmail account, would you be the administrator?

Nothing would happen as I wouldn't need to log into the PC to use a website to check my email. Also, I wouldn't follow the use a MS account option when prompted.

Cardew

wongataa wrote: »

Nothing would happen as I wouldn't need to log into the PC to use a website to check my email. Also, I wouldn't follow the use a MS account option when prompted.

I think you are missing the point.

Millions of people have Hotmail/gmail email accounts - including my children. When they visit(if they haven't brought their Ipads with them) they often log in to Hotmail on my PC to look for any new emails. i.e. they go to https://www.hotmail.com and enter their Hotmail address and password.

This is exactly what I did on my daughter's computer and without doing anything else, found myself as the administrator on her PC.

I_have_spoken

without doing anything else, found myself as the administer on her PC

Of course you did.:whistle:

debitcardmayhem

Cardew wrote: »

I think you are missing the point.

Millions of people have Hotmail/gmail email accounts - including my children. When they visit(if they haven't brought their Ipads with them) they often log in to Hotmail on my PC to look for any new emails. i.e. they go to https://www.hotmail.com and enter their Hotmail address and password.

This is exactly what I did on my daughter's computer and without doing anything else, found myself as the administer on her PC.

Not quite true though is it, you logged into microsoft store,using your id, using the store app and then installed apps on her pc. I think you missed the point

Jivesinger

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Not quite true though is it, you logged into microsoft store,using your id, using the store app and then installed apps on her pc. I think you missed the point

I think that is what the OP wanted to do.

I think what actually happened is that in attempting to do this, Windows converted the login account for the computer from a local account to a Microsoft account linked to an email address.

Then because the login account is a Microsoft account, it starts syncing the emails, Calendar etc.

I think there is a way around this (it probably said "login to just this app instead" in the small print somewhere) but it really isn't obvious that the whole account is being converted when all you want to do is access one app.

Cardew

Jivesinger wrote: »

I think that is what the OP wanted to do.

I think what actually happened is that in attempting to do this, Windows converted the login account for the computer from a local account to a Microsoft account linked to an email address.

Then because the login account is a Microsoft account, it starts syncing the emails, Calendar etc.

I think there is a way around this (it probably said "login to just this app instead" in the small print somewhere) but it really isn't obvious that the whole account is being converted when all you want to do is access one app.

Thank you; at least a couple of posters have understood.

When someone asks for advice it is not helpful to state what they themselves would or wouldn't have done; e.g.

Nothing would happen as I wouldn't need to log into the PC to use a website to check my email. Also, I wouldn't follow the use a MS account option when prompted.

IMO it was not a huge error to log in to another computer using my Hotmail details to download an App and I had no idea this would entail the PC effectively having me as the 'owner' of the PC.

However, error or not, the purpose of my post was simply to seek help in getting out of the situation.