Windows 10: Change the Microsoft account associated with a logon?

Discus and support Change the Microsoft account associated with a logon? in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; So we setup a MS account for my daughter, using her email address, but accidentally put in my birthdate so it got created as an adult account. This... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Kelemvor, Mar 5, 2016.

  1. Kelemvor Win User

    Change the Microsoft account associated with a logon?


    So we setup a MS account for my daughter, using her email address, but accidentally put in my birthdate so it got created as an adult account. This means I can't add the account to my "Family" so I can setup parental controls. According to Microsoft, there is no way to change an adult account into a child account. The only thing I can do is delete the account and then wait 60 days before recreating it. This means that in the mean time she doesn't have a MS account to use to log on so I'm kind of screwed.

    The only thing I came up with is to create a dummy MS account for her to use for 60 days until I can recreate it using her email account like it is now. Is that even possible? I would need to associate her current local account with the dummy account and then be able to change it to reassociate it with the new account once I recreate it after 60 days.

    Any help or other ideas would be great.

    Thanks.

    :)
     
    Kelemvor, Mar 5, 2016
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  2. Want to change the microsoft account associated with my W8 phone

    Hi. I wonder if anyone can help? I want to change the MS account on my phone to the same as my W8 PC. I know I need to do a factory reset but how to I keep my contacts? I can't back up to the cloud as it will be a different account.

    Many thanks

    Julie
     
    JULIEPACKER, Mar 5, 2016
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  3. SamCSWong Win User
    SamCSWong, Mar 5, 2016
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  4. NavyLCDR New Member

    Change the Microsoft account associated with a logon?

    NavyLCDR, Mar 5, 2016
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  5. Kelemvor Win User
    So I'll need to go from Local to MS and use the dummy one. Then later do I need to go from MS back to local and then from Local back to MS to use the actual account once I can recreate it? And during that whole process, does it keep all the documents, settings, user profile, etc?
     
    Kelemvor, Mar 5, 2016
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  6. NavyLCDR New Member
    Yes.
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 4, 2018
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