Windows 10: Signed in as Microsoft account vs local admin account

I have a user who cannot run some scripts using python to map some paths on dependencies. User is signed in with their Microsoft account which is FirstName LastName There is a space in between first and last name and then a phone number under their account when checking user account information. There is also a .\FirstName.LastName example .\Paul.Doug of the same user as a local admin on the machine went into cmd to grant access as admin.My question is, does having the user logged into the Microsoft account cause this folder access issues when downloading openssl, python etc... I will

:)

 

Windows 10 - Wrong Microsoft Account linked to local admin account - no Sign in with local account instead link available

Thanks for the response. What I suggest you do is to switch to a local account and then switch back to your Microsoft account.

Here's how:

• Sign in using the Microsoft account.
• Go to Settings.
• Click Accounts.
• Under Your email and accounts, click Sign in with a local account instead.
• Type the password of the Microsoft account and click Next.
• Under Switch to a local account, click Next.
• Click Sign out and finish.

Once you're done switching to a local account, you can now set your new Microsoft account to associate on your Windows 10 computer. Make sure to type in the correct email address you want to associate to your PC. Follow the steps provided above and click
Sign in with a Microsoft account instead to set up your new account.

Should you have further questions, let me know.

 

Can a Local Admin account manage a Microsoft Admin account?

.
@Tr3: Wow !! Thanks for the comprehensive response.

BTW: There was an important sentence missing in my OP. That type of error is gradually occurring more often with me now. It was probably one cause of the Windows reset.

I should have said:

--------------------------
- Also, up till now, I've always had a second Admin account just in case. I don't recall ever using the second Admin account, so I must be doing something right.

After being forced to reset Windows, I currently have one Local Admin account. [I now plan to add a second Local Account for safety. ]

Question: If I change the [default] Local account to a Microsoft account, can that account be managed by the [second] Local account Admin?
-----------------------

I hope the corrections made above might clarify my plan.

I've started doing that since @dalchina rapped my knuckles here:

Am I an Adminstrator ? Will I still be Admin in an hours time?

I used Macrium immediately after the reset. Since then, I've been doing Diffs. Each Diff takes only 1 minute, because of the few changes between each Diff. But the changes themselves took a lot longer than 1 minute.

IMO, your suggestion to use alternate hard drives for backups is great. My plan had been to use 2 drives with identical contents, but I'm now going to follow your method.

Before the infamous reset, I converted the default Local account to a Microsoft account (my "primary" account). Then I created a second Microsoft account for safety.

I then went back to the primary account, and changed myself to a Normal user - as the big boys recommend. I did some stuff. I then needed to be Admin again for something. But I was unable to change myself back to Admin from within the primary account.

I switched to the alternative MS account. I changed the primary account back from Normal user to Admin. That final step is what I meant when I referred to "using one account to manage another account".

Your post has a lot of other useful stuff that I'm going to implement - with Diffs in between.

Thanks for your help.

 

sign into microsoft account glitch

Hi Micheal,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

• Is this the only account on the computer?
• Was this account upgraded from previous version of Windows?

It looks like you are using a local account. I suggest you follow these steps:

• Click on search in taskbar and type account.
• Click on Accounts.
• Now, under Your account, click on Sign in with Microsoft account instead.
• Enter your Local account password for confirmation and then follow the screen instruction.
• Enter User name credentials for your the new Microsoft account and click OK.

Hope this helps.

Regards