Windows 10: I no longer have access to the Email account/address used for my MS account and cannot...

I no longer have access to the Email account/address used for my MS account and cannot receive security verifications. The provider no longer exists and the address has been deleted. I did not have a phone number set up so i cannot receive sms alerts and i did not have 2FA. How can i change the email address so as i can edit my account email address, add a phone # and turn on 2 FA? Even sending an alert when I get a response to this question is useless and the email address no longer exists.

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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.

 

different user accounts, only one email address?


Hi Geoff, welcome to the Ten Forums.

In Windows 10 it is not possible to use the same MS account for more than one user account on the same computer. If User-A signs in with an MS account User-A@AnyEmail.com, that MS account (email address) cannot be used to sign in any other user than User-A. User-B needs to use either a different MS account or a local account. However, you can use the same MS account on multiple computers.

There's no way to work around this restriction.

In your case I would simply install Windows 10 on both computers with a local admin account, then create an additional standard user account as an MS account on both computers using the same email address. If any of the two computers requires the gaming account, too, as you explained I would make this account a local account.

Tutorials:

• Clean install: Windows 10 - Clean Install - Windows 10 Forums (Step 23 shows how to make your initial admin account a local account)
• Create additional users: User Account - Add in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums (Option Four explains how to create the additional user as an MS account, Option Three how to create the gaming account as a local account)

 

How to add alias email address when account email address is no longer accessible?

I am trying to access my daughter’s Microsoft account (Minecraft related issue) to add an alias email address as the email address associated with the Microsoft account is no longer accessible.

I can access the Microsoft account ok, but the problem occurs when trying to add the alias email address. This starts a loom loop where I need to verify the account by email that I no longer have access to.

How can I get around this infuriating set of circumstances?!