Windows 10: How to change Windows 10 email login account that has been deactivated

How do I change my Window 10 email login account?? When I first installed Windows 10 on my virtual machine, it was set up to login with my email address - it was a working account. Since then -- the account has been deactivated - so I no longer have any access to it whatsoever. I am constantly asked to "verify" my identify - which I cannot because the security code is being sent to a deactivated email.


My biggest concern is how can I change the deactivated email login to a new email login without losing all my installed software, apps and documents? I can create a new local account with admin privileges - but basically that starts me off with a clean slate. I do NOT want to have to reinstall and set up all my existing software. All I want to do is change the email login account from *** Email address is removed for privacy *** to *** Email address is removed for privacy *** - surely there MUST be an easy way to do this.


Please help.

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User account info lost after changing login email






I recently changed my main Microsoft account login email and after doing so, all my 10 machines no longer show my name on the login screen (shows my email address twice) or in the Start menu (only shows the email address) and as you can see in the above screenshot, permissions no longer show as my login and email address.

Things I've done so far to try and correct it:

1. Change my account to local login, then back to my Microsoft login, which temporarily corrected it, but then after a few restarts, the info gets lost again
2. Manually added my name in Computer Management > System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Users... this fixed it, but again, only until a restart

Has anyone else experienced something like this and no of a way to correct it (and make it stick)?

 

Unauthorized Emails from my account?

It is more than likely that your email account was hacked, either by a virus sniffing your password, or just simply hacked.

Either way, change your password on your email account. Unfortunately the damage by already be done. They already have your contact list and your email address associated with that contact list. There is nothing stopping them from sending out emails using their own SMTP servers to everyone on your contact list and claiming the emails are from your email address. They don't actually have to have access to your yahoo account or even any yahoo server to send emails to people that come from your address.

 

Windows 10 - How do I change my login email address?

Hi Andy,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the steps from the below article to change the login email address and check if it helps.

Change the email for your Microsoft account

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/change-the-email-for-your-microsoft-account

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.