Windows 10: I can't log into Microsoft from the Windows accounts tab

I am trying to login to my Microsoft account in the accounts area of settings of my new Windows 11 Pro VM . It fails and says the password is incorrect. I can, however, log in to the Microsoft account on the web with no issue, so I know the password is correct. I have tried changing it a few times with no effect. This is also happening on my old Windows 10 Pro VM. I was trying to make sure they were both logged in to the same account so I could transfer the license to the new machine. Now neither are logged in.I'm running the VMs on Parallels 19 on a Mac Mini from 2014 and a new Mac Mini M2 Pr

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Problems logging in to account

Hi Suzanne,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. I understand that you have an issue with logging in to Microsoft Account. I will surely help you to fix this issue.

To understand the issue better, let me know what is the complete error message you get while logging in to Microsoft Account?

This issue could have occurred due to incorrect Microsoft Account Settings.

Try the steps listed here:

Method 1:

I suggest you to sign in to your Microsoft Account directly and check if you face any issues.

How do I sign in to my Microsoft account?

How to sign in to a Microsoft account - Microsoft Support

Method 2:

If the issue persists, I suggest you to try the steps in the article which will help you to identify and fix some problems with the
Microsoft Account.

I can't sign in to my Microsoft account - Microsoft Support

Note: Try the steps which you have not tried before.

To resolve the issue related to Microsoft Office 2016, I suggest you to post the query in Microsoft Office 2016 forums.

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Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue so that we can assist you further.

 

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.

 

Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown