Windows 10: Inadvertently activated my Microsoft Account on the my wife's computer

I purchased a laptop for my wife and inadvertently activated my Microsoft Account on it now both my computer and her's have my account. How do I activate her account on her computer without missing up my system? Thank you in advance.

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Child inadvertently changed administrator on computer

Hi Denyse,

It is possible that your daughter accidentally linked her Microsoft Account to your Windows 10 computer. You can follow these simple steps to confirm:

• Make sure you're signed in with the administrator account (your daughter's account where your files are).
  
• In the search bar, type Settings then hit
  Enter.
• Click on Accounts.
• When the Account Settings menu opens, you'll see the email address of the active Microsoft Account.

Once you've confirmed that the active Microsoft Account is your daughter's, we can proceed to un-link her account from your computer. You can follow these steps to convert the Microsoft account back to a local user:

• On the Account Settings menu, click on Sign in with a local account instead.
• The Switch to a local account window will appear, type in the current password then click on
  Next.
• Enter the local username and password you want to use then click on
  Next.
• Click on Sign out and finish.

You need to sign back in. This time, sign in as the local admin user you've just set up. That local user account should have all your files and documents on it.

If you need further assistance, let us know.

 

Windows 10 only allows login with Microsoft account, my Wife's account is not available on login screen.

Hi Scott,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

We regret the inconvenience caused to you. We will be glad to assist you with your issue.

This issue might have occurred if your Wife account was a Local Account and when you have Synchronized your Microsoft Account to play Mine craft game, your Wife local account might have got synchronized to your Microsoft Account and
hence the user account is your Microsoft Account now. However to be sure if this is the issue, I suggest you to check how many user accounts are listed on the laptop.

1. Login to the system with your ID and password.

2. Now right click on the Start menu
and select Control panel.

3. Open User Accounts.

4. Now select Manage another account.

5. Check if your Wife user account is listed there.

If your Wife account is not listed there then it means your Microsoft account is synchronized with the local account. In this case you can convert the account in to local Account again. However we suggest you to create another
Microsoft Account as it is required to download and play games and apps from Windows Store.

Step 1: To convert Microsoft Account into Local Account.

1. Click on the Start Menu and select
settings.

2. Now select Accounts.

3. Click on the Your e-mail and accounts
and click on the option Sign in with a Local account instead.

4. follow the onscreen instruction.

Step 2: To create New Microsoft user account.

You can refer to the link below for more information on
how to create new user account:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-user-account#create-user-account=windows-8

Note: Applies to Windows 10 as well.

For reference: One email address to sign in everywhere

Let us know the status of the issue. We will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Change Microsoft Account Details in Administrator Account


Hi Daryl, welcome to the Ten Forums.

It's quite easy in fact, simply switch the account in question first to a local account, then switch back to a Microsoft account, this time using your wife's MS account credentials.

Tutorials:

• Step 1: Local Account - Switch to in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
• Step 2: Microsoft Account - Switch to in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Notice that before doing this you need to remove the new additional MS account on the PC, the one you created with her credentials. Windows allows only one user account for each email address, if the new account exists you cannot switch the original administrator account to an MS account using the same email address. Tutorial: User Account - Delete in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums