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SuperSeagull wrote: »

I do not want to create a new user just change the password of the existing one. It seems that I will have to re install windows 10.

you definitely do not have to reinstall
https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/change-password-windows-10
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjPfqh0_PzM

DoaM

SuperSeagull wrote: »

I do not want to create a new user just change the password of the existing one. It seems that I will have to re install windows 10.

Whilst it may well be possible to do what you wish to achieve, if it's your main (admin) account then you're risking them doing something "unexpected" that could infect your PC.

A separate guest account really is the simpler and better solution.

capital0ne

Reading this thread I'm thinking someone might phone you up and offer to do it over the phone for you.........

Neil_Jones

SuperSeagull wrote: »

I do not want to create a new user just change the password of the existing one. It seems that I will have to re install windows 10.

What good is that going to do?

A Microsoft Account can only have one password, what you want to do with the one account is not possible. You can change the password by typing "Change my password" into the search banner on the taskbar (or sign in at the Microsoft website, change it there and restart the machine).

If you want your grandchildren to use the computer and not have access to your email and your data the only thing you can do it is to set up another account on the machine, it does not have to be a Microsoft account, it can be a local account.

J_B

mark88man wrote: »

do you leave you back door open in real life??

I would put a password on, even if you wrote it down and kept it nearby - even if just your favorite football team or something

I've never had a password (*) on any of my Windows PC's since W95


Am I missing something?


* - we do lock the back door though!

SuperSeagull

At one time I had a Microsoft account password which was also my outlook e mail password but I also had a password to get into my laptop which was my wifes name and birth year but somehow this has changed and I have to use my MS password to open my laptop. I wanted to revert back to the original format and if needed change the password.

Neil_Jones

SuperSeagull wrote: »

At one time I had a Microsoft account password which was also my outlook e mail password but I also had a password to get into my laptop which was my wifes name and birth year but somehow this has changed and I have to use my MS password to open my laptop. I wanted to revert back to the original format and if needed change the password.

That might have been a local account that was push "converted" into a Microsoft account for sign in purposes. MS are so insistent on your wanting to use a MS account for everything that the other option is well hidden.

You can convert it back like this:
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-switch-local-account-microsoft-account-windows-10

This will then allow you to have a unique password for that account which you can keep separate from the one for your email. However it doesn't change the recommendation that the grandchildren should really have their own account (or enable the Guest one):
https://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/4-ways-to-enable-and-disable-built-in-guest-on-windows-10.html