Windows 10: if you have 2 accounts on OneNote but sign out of only one account, will all your notes...

I have 2 accounts on OneNote and one of them will be deactivated soon so i added another account on my OneNote. But i was wondering that if i sign out of the account that will get deactivated, will all my notes still stay the same? please let me know ASAP.

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Signing into Onenote app converts local account to microsoft account

Steps:

• Sign into a local account
• Open the OneNote app (tablet not desktop app)
• Sign in to this app with a Microsoft account

The local account is then converted into a Microsoft account with that identity.

This is wrong and unexpected behaviour as no indication is given that the sign in is for the whole of windows rather than just OneNote.

It is also hard to revert.

I am guessing that other apps may exhibit the same behaviour.

In fact I don't understand how an app (which is supposed to be sandboxed and secure) can change user account information.

 

Signing into Onenote app converts local account to microsoft account

The Onenote app also has broader account-related issues:

• Sign in with Microsoft account, and Onenote syncs to that.
• Remove this account from Onenote only, and add a different Microsoft account.

OneNote does not sync the new account's OneNote files, only sees the old account's files, and gives an error "OneNote needs a password to sync this notebook -> Sign In" where the "Sign In" button does nothing.

 

OneNote: Can't sign in with a microsoft account.... :-(

On my business laptop (Windows 10 Enterprise / 20H2) we are using Office 365. One of the applications is OneNote which I also use on my mobile using a private Microsoft account. With that I often take notes (which get saved to OneDrive) while on the go and I want to access these also from my Business Laptop. When I try to access that data (using the OneDrive URL "https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=...&id=documents") and in OneNote select to login via a different account I am first asked for my email address and - after entering that - I get an error box stating: Can't sign in with a microsoft account. This program is blocked by group policy For more information, contact your system administrator. 0x800704ec I asked our system admin and he says he did not - at least not consciously - block that. He also has no objections that I access my private notes with our office laptops. Furthermore we are all (local) admins on our respective machines, so I have the ability to change group policies and registry settings if necessary. I thus searched for the above error message and meanwhile I tried all the suggested remedies that I found but that darn error still remains! :-( What I tried so far: Allow Microsoft account via Local Group Policy Editor: With gpedit.msc under Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Polices > Security Options I declared the group policy Accounts: Block Microsoft accounts as This policy is disabled.. Allow Microsoft account With the Registry Editor under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System I have set the key NoConnectedUser as 0 Allowed Office online features by setting UseOnlineContent to 2: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Con\Internet] "UseOnlineContent"=dword:00000002 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\con\internet] "UseOnlineContent"=dword:00000002 Enabled SignInOptions for Office to allow Microsoft Account as well as Org ID: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Con\SignIn] "SignInOptions"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\con\signin] "SignInOptions"=dword:00000000 But none of these setting did the trick so far! What else or what additional setting is there that might prevent access for OneNote to OneDrive using a Microsoft account?