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  1. CLINT
    Clint Win User

    Local and Microsoft account


    Can you have a different name for the local and Microsoft account?

    :)
     
    Clint, Aug 17, 2017
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  2. LOCAL ACCOUNT
    local account Win User

    Windows 10 Local Account

    And we get a tutorial that shows us how to create a dang account instead of how to get our . Like we are stupid! Ugh!
     
    local account, Aug 17, 2017
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  3. LOCAL ACCOUNT
    local account Win User
    Windows 10 Local Account

    I am logged into my Microsoft account and I want to log into the current I have used for years. When I followed instructions, it wants me to create a new instead of just adding the current one. How do I add the current one that
    has all of my settings already established on my computer?

    Thanks.

    Staci
     
    local account, Aug 17, 2017
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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Local and Microsoft account

    Hello Clint, *Smile

    I'm not sure what the end goal is for, but it is required that all accounts on the PC have different user names.
     
    Brink, Aug 17, 2017
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  5. CLINT
    Clint Win User
    What happened was, I was on my wife's PC and went to the App Store. I must have not setup a MSA for her, so I put in mine to get to the Store. We both use the same E-mail at Outlook.com. Now her local user account has her name and her MSA has my name.
     
    Clint, Aug 17, 2017
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  6. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Ah, ok. I see now.

    You have added your MSA to used by other apps in her local account.

    The only way to have the MSA use the same display name as the local account would be to change the name of the MSA. However, this would affect all PCs that use this MSA though.

     
    Brink, Aug 17, 2017
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  7. CLINT
    Clint Win User
    Thanks Brink, I will try to straiten it out.
     
    Clint, Aug 17, 2017
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  8. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Local and Microsoft account

    Please let is know how it went.
     
    Brink, Aug 18, 2017
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  9. CLINT
    Clint Win User
    As far as I can tell, I have it solved. Sign in on her PC with a MSA. From Settings >Accounts> preferences> Edit Name. I created her a new MSA account with Hotmail sign in. It all looks OK now.
     
    Clint, Aug 18, 2017
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  10. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Having her own MSA is a good option.
     
    Brink, Aug 18, 2017
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  11. CLINT
    Clint Win User
    It's still not solved. On my PC, my wife's pic with my e-mail is on Store. I will work on it some more.

    Local and Microsoft account [​IMG]
     
    Clint, Aug 18, 2017
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  12. MRGEEK
    mrgeek Win User
    You can change the picture for each account at accounts.live.com. Sign in, click 'Edit name' then 'Change picture' on next screen. Or click your avatar in Store will take you to same pages.
     
    mrgeek, Aug 18, 2017
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  13. CLINT
    Clint Win User

    Local and Microsoft account

    I did that. (see post 7) It came back.
     
    Clint, Aug 18, 2017
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  14. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Clint,

    It will depend on which MSA you signed in to the Store with for what you'll see.
     
    Brink, Aug 18, 2017
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  15. CLINT
    Clint Win User
    I signed in on my PC with my MSA.
     
    Clint, Aug 18, 2017
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