Windows 10: Can't log into Microsoft account on old drive at all.

Hello. Today I just upgraded my computer from a trashy old prebuilt to a new and improved build. I have windows on the drive from the prebuilt and did not buy a new set of windows, so my hope was to simply use my pre-existing OS on the new computer. well, unfortunately for me, now that the hardware has changed, it will no longer sign in with my pin because of the change, but to change my pin I need Internet. I try to connect to the Internet, and the option to do so does not even exist. I cannot manage to reset the drive to see if I can access just the base of the OS and sacrifice the other 500

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Windows 10 Old Microsoft account issue.

Tom,

Thank you for your reply, appreciate the time taken by you in keeping us updated on the status of the issue.

Since the issue is still facing, you may try the below steps and check.

Step 1: Change your old account type from Microsoft account to Local account and then delete this old account by logging into some administrator account.

To switch to a Local Account follow these steps:

• Login to your old account.
• Press “Windows key +X”.
• Go to Settings
• Choose Accounts and then select Other User Accounts towards the left.
• You will get an option “Switch to a Local account” right below your user account name.
• Select “Switch to a local account” option.
• Enter the required details.

Step 2: Login to some other account which has administrator privilege and delete the old account.

• Click on Start and select
  Settings.
• Click on Accounts.
• Now select Family & other users.
• Here you find your old account, just select and click on
  Remove.

Hope this helps. Please do let us know if you need any further assistance.

Thank You.

 

Login with Microsoft Account Instead not working

Hi Sunil,

This issue could be caused due to some corrupt user profile files. I would suggest you to create a new admin user account and then check if you have any issues switching it to a Microsoft account. If it was successful, then the old user account could be
corrupt. In this case, I would suggest you to try the following steps to migrate the files from the old user profile:

You must have at least three user accounts on the computer to complete these steps, including the new account you just created.

• Log on as a user other than the new user you just created or the user that you want to copy files from.
• Open the My Documents folder in
  File Explorer. Double-click the hard disk drive that Windows is installed on (it's usually your C: drive), double-click Users, double-click the folder with the name of your account, and then double-click My
  Documents.
• Click the Tools menu, and then click Folder Options.

If you don't see the Tools menu, press Alt.

• Click the View menu and select the chick box against 'Hidden items' to show hidden files.
• Locate the C:\Users\Old_Username folder, where C is the drive that Windows is installed on, and
  Old_Username is the name of the profile you want to copy files from.
• Select all of the files and folders in this folder, except the following files:
  
  • Ntuser.dat
  • Ntuser.dat.log
  • Ntuser.ini
• Right click, and then click Copy.
• Locate the C:\Users\New_Username
  folder, where C is the drive that Windows is installed on, and New_Username is the name of the new user profile you created.
• Right click, and then click Paste.
• Log off, and then log back on as the new user.

If you have e‑mail messages in an e‑mail program, you must import your e‑mail messages and addresses to the new user profile before you delete the old profile. If everything
is working properly, you can delete the old profile.

 

register PC with microsoft; use local account to log in

Just simply log in with your Microsoft Account.
Switch to Microsoft Account in Windows 10

Just go back to using a local account:
Switch to Local Account in Windows 10

Hopefully the tutorials are step by step enough.