Windows 10: multiple MS accounts - need just one!

Discus and support multiple MS accounts - need just one! in Windows Hello & Lockscreen to solve the problem; I must have 5 or more Microsoft accounts. The problem is that when I cranked up a new laptop, I cannot transfer the Edge Favorite Bar items to the new... Discussion in 'Windows Hello & Lockscreen' started by pat71896, Feb 3, 2020.

  1. pat71896 Win User

    multiple MS accounts - need just one!


    I must have 5 or more Microsoft accounts. The problem is that when I cranked up a new laptop, I cannot transfer the Edge Favorite Bar items to the new machine.


    The tab names are mostly there except one that I REALLY need, it is a folder that has 17 URL links.


    Along the way I got a MS Account that I know I never added. It is the first 6 digits of my phone number.


    Once I open Edge, I can find the links as transferred, but it is a group that I don't use anymore.


    How do I know what Account my laptop is accessing. I suspect the one I want and the new Edge the beta from 1/15/20, are two different accounts.

    1. How do I determine my actual account on either machine?
    2. Can I combine/compile all my accounts together?
    3. Is there a way to transfer those names and URLs a different way?

    Thank you in advance. I am so frustrated.


    Pat I once did teach MS programs - 12 years ago. LOL that makes me a relic

    :)
     
    pat71896, Feb 3, 2020
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  2. Vesao Win User

    Remove account


    I suggest you backup your personalized files first before removing the account.
    To delete an account, follow these steps:
    1. Press WIN + X keys and click Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu.
    2. Type the following command and press Enter. Replace test with the name of your sister's account. Code:
      Code:
      net user test /del
     
    Vesao, Feb 3, 2020
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  3. NavyLCDR Win User
    Multiple Keys associated with MS Account?


    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...troubleshooter

    Read the last link on the website above, "You recently made a significant hardware change".

    and

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530
     
    NavyLCDR, Feb 3, 2020
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  4. imacken Win User

    multiple MS accounts - need just one!

    Multiple Keys associated with MS Account?


    Thanks again for your time in replying.
    I think we should forget about this discussion, as we seem to be at cross purposes.
    You have taken what I said out of context. I know how the activation has worked over the years - particularly in relation to re-installing and changing hardware, but that was/is not my point.
    My point is that I believed that the rules have changed in Anniversary regarding changing hardware and licensing activation. I was wrongly under the impression that MS had changed the rules to link a key to a MSA account rather than hardware. I was clearly wrong!
    I was saying in my previous post, that I would like to see MS adopt a similar approach as many other developers, i.e. attach the key to the user MSA and allow one install on one key. So, for example, one would de-activate on one device and re-activate the key on a new device linked via the user's MSA and registered key. Inputting a key would relate to a user and not hardware.
    But, that is not important as my opinion has no bearing on MS's activation policy, and I only mentioned it in passing!
    I repeat what I said in my previous post, I am interested in your statement 'I can transfer a license from a device listed on my Microsoft Account'. That seems to suggest what I was thinking in the first place! How is that done exactly? Other posts here suggest that devices can be deleted from the account and it makes no difference.
     
    imacken, Feb 3, 2020
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