Windows 10: Microsoft Account and Windows Issues

I have been having constant issues with windows apps crashing and not working correctly. This problem persists even after a fresh windows install which I log into my Microsoft account during set up.My question is, what files does Windows carry over when I log into my Microsoft account during set up? I am logged into a local account for this set up and I am afraid of logging into my Microsoft account for fear that it is going to carry over some files and corrupt my Windows apps again. I secure erased all of my drives, installed new Windows Media and logged into a Local Account at this point. I

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Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown

 

Edge Search Does Not Permit Change of Region


I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
3. Select add someone else on this PC.
4. Enter a user name and hit next.
5. Click on Finish.
6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.

 

Changing local account to Microsoft account issue

Hi,

We don't have a specific cause why the issue occur. The error message you provided is a little broad and we can't narrow down the reason behind this issue. To help you, let me suggest that you create a new account with your Microsoft account in it. Please
follow the steps below on how to create a new account:

• Press Windows key and search for Settings.
• Select Accounts
• Under Your emails and accounts, click Add a Microsoft account
• Follow the on-screen instructions

After making a new Microsoft account, you can copy all the files on your previous user. Please follow steps below:

• Press Windows key and search for File Explorer.
• Select This PC.
• Click Local Disk.
• Select Users then click your previous account.
• Press Ctrl + A.
• Locate your new account.
• Press Ctrl + A again then press Ctrl + V.

Please let us know how it goes for us to assist you further.