Windows 10: My account has been locked for the past 12 days

This is Sagnik

I think that my account had been hacked and now, it has been locked. This is the account which I use for various activities since I am a student. All files and folders of mine are there. I cannot report any loss of files at the moment. My account has been locked since October 6, today is October 16. I have dropped a msg at the portal to unlock my account almost 11 days ago, and I have not received any msg from their side, till now. Also, the Microsoft agents say that your account will be locked if you contact us with issues. This is very disheartening from Microsoft. Some of their agents leave the chat, some say that they got disconnected, some intrude into our privacy, but we can do no steps against them except writing a review. Now my account has been locked. Can anyone plz tell what can I do so that I am able to use my account soon because I am unable to use most of my files in onedrive etc. and none of them are accessible. I have a lot of projects etc to submit. I cannot do anything


All the agents from Microsoft just tell to wait for their response. How can someone allow this for 11 days. I would request you guys to plz give me a solution to this problem


Thanks and Regards

Sagnik

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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:

 

Suspended Account

Something similar happened to me. I set up a computer for a family member and when logging in on a secondary MS acct for support purposes, I incorrectly typed my password and was then asked to enter a code texted to a last 4 nos. that I didn't realize was a 2nd phone that I used for 2-step verification. So when I said that wasn't my backup number, the acct was auto-locked for 30 days, nothing to do but wait. At least the family member had a Local Account and was able to use the device until I was re-instated, whereupon I was able to sign-in and verify my 2nd step in the verification process.
If you used your land line as the 2nd step, I'm afraid, you're, likewise, locked out until the 30 day period is over. By then, either get a secondary email acct, as suggested, or a burner phone that takes texts so you're VERY clear as to what your 2nd verification option is. This is a case where having a Local Acct with admin privileges would be invaluable. Good Luck with your efforts.

 

Your Microsoft account needs you to sign in again-recent credentials

Yes the correct or current info is in the Settings/Accounts/Your email and accounts.
The steps in the tutorial included signing in after deleting a listing. I couldn't see where that was relevant since its a second listing. It looks like I have to voluntarily do the 'sign in' so I can avoid doing that. I'm locked out for 30 days anyway.
Perhaps its time to set up a stand alone user account in that laptop <grin> Too nerve wracking dealing with this MSAccount.