Windows 10: my computer now when booting up asked for my password to an old hotmail account *** Email...

my computer now when booting up asked for my password to an old hotmail account *** Email address is removed for privacy *** can you help me out with that? my phone # is 520-651-8129 my email address is *** Email address is removed for privacy ***

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Hotmail accounts posted online

Thousands of Hotmail passwords have been hacked and posted online, according to reports.

See this arcticle for more details:

BBC NEWS | Technology | Phishing attack targets Hotmail

I suggest that you change your password if you use any "Live" accounts.

 

Password for local account tied to hotmail logon account?

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit 20H2 19042.844

Hello!

Here's the context: Whenever I setup Windows 10 for the first time, I use my hotmail/Microsoft account to set everything up and to logon to Windows. Windows then creates a local profile/account that is tied to my hotmail account.

Example: if my hotmail account is L: [email protected], then Windows creates a local profile named bubba and uses that name as my users folder (c:\users\bubba\).

Sometimes I need to start a service or create a task in task scheduler, and Windows asks for the password for "bubba". I have no idea what that is. It's not the hotmail password or the PIN - I've tried that - and the bubba account isn't listed in the user applet in Settings so I can't access it.

I'm thinking there's either something very obvious I'm missing or I'm doing something wrong.

How can I get the password to the local account? Anyone know?

Thanks.

 

Hotmail account held for ransom

Earlier this week, one Hotmail user logged into their account to find that all of their emails had been removed by hackers, with the only email remaining demanding money in return for the deleted emails. According to Websense, this is a variant of “ransomware” which holds your files using methods such as encryption and demands money in return for the password. The cause of this is believed to be a computer in a Spanish Internet Cafe which was infected with spyware, therefore Hotmail users needn’t worry too much at present. Hopefully MSN should be able to restore the missing emails and this should be an isolated incident, although it could be a sign of the future.

Source: Neowin.net