Windows 10: Old email account is not accessible.

Discus and support Old email account is not accessible. in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Hello. When I created my Microsoft account I had an email associated with Earthlink. I have since closed that email account and have no access to it. I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by CoveyHinzmann, Feb 18, 2019.

  1. COVEYHINZMANN
    CoveyHinzmann Win User

    Old email account is not accessible.


    Hello. When I created my Microsoft account I had an email associated with Earthlink. I have since closed that email account and have no access to it. I would like to associate my new email address to my Microsoft account. I called Microsoft helpline a couple years ago and was told was impossible to do without closing my Microsoft account and having to buy Windows 10 again and create a new account. Is that really true?


    Thanks.

    :)
     
    CoveyHinzmann, Feb 18, 2019
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  2. NEWTEKIE1
    newtekie1 Win User

    Unauthorized Emails from my account?

    It is more than likely that your email account was hacked, either by a virus sniffing your password, or just simply hacked.

    Either way, change your password on your email account. Unfortunately the damage by already be done. They already have your contact list and your email address associated with that contact list. There is nothing stopping them from sending out emails using their own SMTP servers to everyone on your contact list and claiming the emails are from your email address. They don't actually have to have access to your yahoo account or even any yahoo server to send emails to people that come from your address.
     
    newtekie1, Feb 18, 2019
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  3. THEMAILMAN78
    TheMailMan78 Win User
    email account hacked. please help

    Also may I suggest you change email accounts to one of the following.....

    Gmail
    Outlook

    The reason is they both use "Step two verification". This style of verification means even if a hacker gets your password they cannot log in to your account. You see every time someone try's to log in that hasn't been verified you will get a text or a phone call giving you a final code to log in. Its very easy and simple to setup also. The great thing is once you setup your Email application with a specific "application password" from that account you never have to log in again AND your account is protected from being logged in from foreign entities.

    I like the new outlook personally however Gmail is also damn good. Gmail also has an IP tracker that allows you to see WHERE the account has been logged in from. Anyway let us know if you wanna change over and have any questions. We will be happy to help and welcome to TPU!
     
    TheMailMan78, Feb 18, 2019
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  4. BARBARICSOUL
    BarbaricSoul Win User

    Old email account is not accessible.

    email account hacked. please help

    Don't think you can if they were deleted from your email account and are not in your trash folder. Try contacting Yahoo, explain what happened, and see what they can do or suggest you do.
     
    BarbaricSoul, Feb 18, 2019
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