Windows 10: my hotmail email account keeps asking for my password. I create and paste a new app...

i start MS365 and immediately it asks for my hotmail.co.uk account password. I hit OK and it fails. I create a new ASP that I cut and paste into 365 and it fails again.

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Password for local account tied to hotmail logon account?

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit 20H2 19042.844

Hello!

Here's the context: Whenever I setup Windows 10 for the first time, I use my hotmail/Microsoft account to set everything up and to logon to Windows. Windows then creates a local profile/account that is tied to my hotmail account.

Example: if my hotmail account is L: [email protected], then Windows creates a local profile named bubba and uses that name as my users folder (c:\users\bubba\).

Sometimes I need to start a service or create a task in task scheduler, and Windows asks for the password for "bubba". I have no idea what that is. It's not the hotmail password or the PIN - I've tried that - and the bubba account isn't listed in the user applet in Settings so I can't access it.

I'm thinking there's either something very obvious I'm missing or I'm doing something wrong.

How can I get the password to the local account? Anyone know?

Thanks.

 

Hotmail accounts posted online

Thousands of Hotmail passwords have been hacked and posted online, according to reports.

See this arcticle for more details:

BBC NEWS | Technology | Phishing attack targets Hotmail

I suggest that you change your password if you use any "Live" accounts.

 

Window 10 Auto-Logon (Hotmail/MS Account)

Hello everyone!

So, i've updated my PC to Windows 10 and i have a little problem.

Anyone knows how to auto-logon without asking for password using Hotmail/MS Account? I i've already tried the trick using "netplwiz" from Windows 8 wich always worked totally, and in Win10 it just does not work, it keeps asking me for password...

Anyone knows how to bypass this without having to create a local account?

Cheers.