Windows 10: "Microsoft account problem" and "Outlook account out-of-date" notifications

I am so tired of this. At random moments over the last several months, I get the following notification:"Microsoft account problem: We need to fix your Microsoft account most likely your password changed. Select here to fix it in Shared Experiences." If I go to Shared Experiences and click the "Fix now" button and then enter my Microsoft account password which I have not changed in years, it becomes happy, but only temporarily.


At times less often I have also gotten another one: "Your Outlook settings are out-of-date." I don't know if they are related or not.


Supposed solutions I have found on the web most notably here including the comments and here include:

• Turn off Shared Experiences "Nearby sharing" and "Share across devices": This was the first thing I tried, months ago, but the notifications still happen.
• Log into your PC using your MS account rather than local: I have always done that.
• Log in with your password instead of a PIN: Surely that isn't necessary! PIN is one of the recommended sign-in methods - I should be able to use it.
  
• Check your account settings: I don't even want to sync any email/calendar/contacts - I use Thunderbird Portable to handle all my email, and do everything else like calendar and such in my browser Firefox Portable. So I don't know what accounts to "check".
  
• Switch to a different sign-in method and supposedly you can later switch back and it will still work: I switched to Picture Password, rebooted and logged in, and then switched back to PIN - for awhile I thought it was fixed, but eventually the notification appeared again.
• Go to Email & Accounts and remove accounts you don't use: Today I noticed an Outlook account in the list and thought perhaps removing it would at least eliminate the Outlook complaint. But when I removed it, only a few seconds later I got the "Outlook settings out-of-date" notification. Sigh!
• Try removing the Microsoft account from account settings: That sounds too scary - I don't know what might break.

I have no interest in Shared Experiences, nor do I even have an Outlook account, as far as I know. The OS has absolutely nothing to do with how I handle email, calendar, contacts, etc. I have several email addresses, but they are only on hosted domains and Gmail, and I handle them all exclusively via Thunderbird Portable and have done so for over a decade. For a calendar I only use Google Calendar and not via the OS-provided app. [Basic info: Windows 10 Home 1903, build 10.0.18362.900. The PC was bought in Japan and the OS is fundamentally the Japanese version, but I changed the interface language to English.]

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outlook account config

SO today my friend asked me if i could post this question on the forum:



He wants to configure a outlook account with 1 email, with that outlook account he wants to run the same account in 2 diferent computers he wants the both computer to be connected in network, for example:

• he receives a email and that email is sent to each computer;
• he deletes a email from one computer and it also deletes on the other;
• he moves a email to a folder it also moves on the other computer;

If you guys can help me would be nice!

thanks!

 

outlook account config

His email provider should have the instructions for setting up outlook with an IMAP account.

 

Getting notification that AOL accounts are out of date

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



In order to help you with the appropriate troubleshooting steps, please reply with the following information:

• When do you receive the notification?
  
• In which application are you receiving the notification?
  

If you are receiving the notification in Mail App, I suggest you to refer the troubleshooting steps in the article

Your account settings are out-of-date in Mail or Calendar for Windows 10 and see if that helps in resolving the issue.



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Nikhar Khare

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