Windows 10: Help logging out of my mother-in-law's computer!

Discus and support Help logging out of my mother-in-law's computer! in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I visited my in-laws a few months ago and used my mother-in-law's computer. I logged into Edge to get my bookmarks, and now it thinks that my MS... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/PM_Me_A_High-Five, Nov 16, 2020.

  1. /U/PM_ME_A_HIGH-FIVE
    /u/PM_Me_A_High-Five Win User

    Help logging out of my mother-in-law's computer!


    I visited my in-laws a few months ago and used my mother-in-law's computer. I logged into Edge to get my bookmarks, and now it thinks that my MS account belongs on her computer. I went to devices on my MS account and deleted her laptop 3 times, but it keeps coming back. Any ideas how to get my account off of her laptop? She is computer illiterate so I doubt I could walk her through it, plus I thought I logged out of her computer when I was finished with it. She never set up her own MS account on her computer, which is probably why it adopted mine, I think.

    How do I know this keeps happening? She has a picture of herself set as her wallpaper and every so often iy syncs our computer wallpapers. So she gets all my workout motivation pictures of huge men lifting weights and I get her picture of herself. It's annoying. She thinks I'm weird now (probably) and I already knew she was weird. Having her own picture as her computer wallpaper is the norm for her. She just barely got wifi and an iphone this year so that's another reason why walking her through it will be nearly impossible.

    Thanks in advance.

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    /u/PM_Me_A_High-Five, Nov 16, 2020
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    mlee49 Win User
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  3. GRAHAM BORLAND
    Graham Borland Win User
    Mother-in-law fell for a "Windows support" scam. Can I save her laptop?

    My mother-in-law fell for a Windows scam. Apparently a window popped up telling her that her computer had a virus, and she should call this number where they would clean it up for her. To cut a long story short, she gave them her credit card number and enabled remote access.

    Credit cards have now been cancelled and we're going to (on another computer) change mother-in-law's password for every web service.

    The laptop is now shut down and in my physical possession. I do not want to boot it up: they could have installed anything (trojans, keyloggers), which even Avast may not be able to defend against, right?

    My plan is to remove the hard drive, mount it on another machine, and copy off any important files.

    After that, what's the safest way of resurrecting it? Can I reinstall Windows on the drive without first booting it up? Or is it safe to boot up for the sole purpose of initiating a factory reset?

    What other steps should I be considering?
     
    Graham Borland, Nov 16, 2020
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  4. CDAWALL
    cdawall Win User

    Help logging out of my mother-in-law's computer!

    mother in law build

    posted a couple above
    i hate the 212+ *Stick Out Tongue Help logging out of my mother-in-law's computer! :p


    she has never had an issue with the last build and insurance isn't giving them enough for a mac $722 for there last pc

    Dfi Nforce 4 infinity
    Athlon 64 3000+ @2.4ghz
    1.5GB Samsung TCCC
    Thermaltake Silent Boost RX K8
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    ugly ancient sigma case
     
    cdawall, Nov 16, 2020
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