Questions tagged [microsoft-account]
For questions about your general Microsoft user account, which gives you access to your Outlook and other Microsoft services.
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Where to find create App Password for Microsoft 365 Basic
I want to create an app password for use with an application that accepts a login and password only. The application is MailtoX Desktop. I'm using it to migrate Microsoft Online mail to Gmail.
The ...
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Error logging in to a Microsoft account I'm already logged in to
I have a problem that is confusing me.
I am already logged in to my Microsoft account and want to find my BitLocker recovery key.
According to this Microsoft support article, Finding your BitLocker ...
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Was Microsoft Account Recovery Code de-emphasized, or has it always been?
I know this feature still exists, because I learned about it today in Microsoft Account -> Security -> Security -> Security Settings.
I tried searching Microsoft Account Recovery Code on ...
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Does Gmail support OAuth2 to check mails form a Microsoft Exchange server?
My question is quite similar to the one posed some time ago:
Is it possible to check Microsoft Exchange mail from Gmail?
What’s new is that Microsoft Exchange does not support POP3 authentication ...
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How do I remotely logout of a device where I am logged in with MS Account
I had a laptop where I had logged in using my Microsoft Account. However, it needed some repair, as it was not powering on. When I took it to an authorized service center (outside warrenty), the ...
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Why can an MS account be not recognized on a specific computer?
My daughter has an MS account set by her school. She logs into it by Chrome on her Android phone or on her notebook (Windows 10), both without problems, both for a month. But today, when we tried to ...
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Microsoft will Not Let Me Close The Account Without My Phone Number
I am trying to close my Microsoft Account, so I went to How to close your Microsoft account.
Then I Clicked Close your account.
It asked for my login and password which I provided.
Then it shows -
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Recipients of the weekly reports in Microsoft Family
I have quite typical Microsoft Family based on four separate Microsoft accounts:
two accounts for parents,
two accounts for children.
Both children has weekly activity e-mail reports enabled.
We're ...
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How to access your email account from Microsoft Office 365
I have logged into the Microsoft Office home page and the screen looks like this:
How to proceed to view new email coming to my university account?
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What are the possible domains to use with a Microsoft account
I recently created a new Microsoft account with @outlook.com. This and @hotmail.com were the only options available.
Now today on a different computer, @outlook.de also showed up.
Is there a way ...
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How do I delete all my activity history with Microsoft?
I just found out there was still activity being recorded at https://account.microsoft.com/privacy/activity-history despite me answering 'don't use my data' to all the questions in the last large ...
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I can still find deleted and purged emails in outlook.com
Recently I decide to move back to my old MS account from other MS account and take this absolutely clean and organized.
But collide a couple of issues which MS support cannot (or don't want) to ...
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How long after I close my Microsoft account will all my data be deleted from their backups?
Been trying to find a definitive answer for awhile in various places with no luck.
If a MS account has been deleted, and is past the 60-day grace period to cancel deletion, how long before the data ...
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Facebook friends suddenly showing up in Outlook People
Ever since Facebook changed their API a couple of years ago, Facebook friends no longer sync with third party apps/services. Since then, Facebook friends stopped appearing in the Outlook.com People/...
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How do you unlink your MSDN profile from your Microsoft Live ID?
I have an MSDN profile, with points, achievements etc.
How can I unlink this from the currently linked Live ID ([email protected]) and link to my other Live ID ([email protected])?
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Can I delete a new-style Skype account which was created from a Microsoft account?
I am trying to delete a Skype account which was spawned from a Microsoft account single sign-on. In other words, it's a 'new style' Skype account where the username has a 'live:' prefix, and it has ...
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How to rename a device in my Microsoft account?
I recently built a desktop PC with Windows 10 and signed in with my Microsoft account. However, since Windows 10 never asked me for the computer name during setup, it got associated with my MS account ...
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Multiple Microsoft accounts in a browser
My company has a Microsoft account, and I see no way how I can access the company Onedrive/Outlook without logging out from my personal account (which has a long, impossible to remember password + OTP ...
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Add Paypal to Microsoft payment account, without adding a credit card
Is it possible to add PayPal to your Microsoft account without adding a credit card to your PayPal account? As a youngster, I do not have a credit card and I am not planning on getting one.
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