Windows 10: I'm very confused about PC's administrator's USER name vs. Microsoft 360/outlook account name?

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    I'm very confused about PC's administrator's USER name vs. Microsoft 360/outlook account name?


    I've used hotmail for my email for a long time. Windows 10 did not ask me to log in to my microsoft account until windows 10 being out for a while. When windows 10 was updated, I could choose to sync with outlook or not. My PC's administrator's USER name stayed the same.On the contrary, I have a new PC with windows11. At first I created a USER name already. However, I was asked to provide my microsoft account name and email address to log in, which i did. Then, Whenever I turn the PC on, my created user name was GONE. Instead, my microsoft account as how I use for my email address becom

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