Windows 10: Having trouble sussing out microsoft account vs windows login password

So about 10 years late to the party (and very fortunate thus far) ive decided to do away with using one password for EVERYTHING and hop on the password manager train. So far so good, although probably have a few more months of changing things over *Sad

I've reached my login.live microsoft stuffs. I logged into my microsoft account via web browser and changed my password to the impossible to remember string created by my password manager. I saved it, and tested it. Logged out of the microsoft account and logged back in. All is well.

I knew it was going to be a nightmare logging into windows itself as theres no access to the password manager app until logged in. However until I come up with a better solution, I wanted to get it a unique pass. I was considering a windows pin but the problems that creates if you have a hard drive failure, or restore an image etc, i decided no way jose. I'll create a unique easier to enter password eventually, but for now ill be stuck pulling it from a different device and typing it in manually as theres no remembering it.

Problem im having is that while the password manager's created and saved password works for my microsoft account via the web, logging into windows still uses my old password.

I figured perhaps I needed to restart, and so i did. Upon restarting I got the prompt "theres a problem with your microsoft account" and so i clicked "fix it" which prompted me for the new password. I assumed all was well as the windows tooltip told me it was so/accepted the password. However upon relogging again (or locking/unlocking the pc) its still taking the old password.

What on earth is going on? Shouldnt my password to log into windows ala my microsoft account be the exact same as the password used to log into the microsoft account via the website?

:)

 

Microsoft Account login is not opening

Hi,

• Are you able to login to the same account using web browser?
• What is the exact error message?

I suggest you to reset the Microsoft account password once and check if it helps.

You can't sign in to your Microsoft account

Hope it helps.

 

Help Removing Microsoft Account login

I am not sure if you want to switch to a local account instead of your Microsoft account, or if you want to keep your Microsoft account but login automatically instead of having to type the password.

See these tutorials:

• Local Account - Switch to in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
• Sign in User Account Automatically at Windows 10 Startup - Windows 10 Forums

 

Not able to login into LAPTOP with Windows 10 with Microsoft Account or PIN ( Have Reset Password Multiple Times )

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to perform Safe Mode with Networking and check if you’re able to login using your Microsoft account.

Method 1: Safe mode with Networking.

Please follow below steps:

• Click on power button at left bottom corner, press and hold Shift key and click on Restart.
• Click on Troubleshoot.
• Click on Advanced options.
• Click on Startup Settings.
• Click on Restart.
• Login to Microsoft Account and create a new administrator account.

If you’re not able to login using Microsoft account then refer to below steps and check if it helps.

Method 2:
Activate Inbuilt Administrator Account.

Follow the below steps:

• Click on power button at left bottom corner, press and hold Shift key and click on Restart.
• Click on Troubleshoot.
• Click on Advanced options.
• Click on Command Prompt and enter following command.

net user Administrator /active:yes

Now reboot your system and login to inbuilt admin account and try to reset password for other account. Once you reset password login to other account and to deactivate inbuilt admin account enter following command in elevated command prompt.

net user Administrator /active:no


Hope these information helps, please get back to us for future support, we’ll be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.