Windows 10: Undo Built-in Administrator Account tied to a Microsoft Account

Discus and support Undo Built-in Administrator Account tied to a Microsoft Account in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; I don't understand this. Either the Administrator account is linked on the MS servers (in which you can't do anything and clean install would not... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by Converseallstar95, Dec 6, 2017.

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  1. KARI
    Kari Win User

    Undo Built-in Administrator Account tied to a Microsoft Account


    That's not how Microsoft account works.

    An example: to get user profile named as I prefer, I always install Windows and set it up with a local account . Then when on desktop, I will switch to a Microsoft because I prefer using MS account, initial account being set up as local (offline) account only for the reason I mentioned, to get user profile named as I wish.

    According to your theory, I shouldn't need to manually switch to a Microsoft account after a clean install because that same local account on the same machine has already been connected to certain Microsoft account after every clean install.

    That is really not true. All local accounts, be it user created or system account will always remain local with no connection to any MS account possibly used earlier on same PC by same local account username, until user manually switches to Microsoft account. Windows does not do it automatically, a local account will never be switched and connected to a Microsoft account without user interaction.
     
    Kari, Dec 10, 2017
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  2. LX07
    lx07 Win User

    Indeed - try to make an account called "Administrator" and you will find you can not.

    You are trying to be clever but the issue is not "should it be possible". If clean install rectifies a problem then it can be rectified without - something can be updated.

    Just because you (or I) don't know how doesn't mean it is impossible. Obviously it is.
     
    lx07, Dec 10, 2017
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  3. KARI
    Kari Win User
    I will unsubscribe after posting this:

    The Administrator account is disabled when clean installing. When it will be later enabled, it will not switch to a Microsoft account even if it was switched in earlier installs on same machine.


    So you mean that absolutely each and every issue can always be resolved, making clean install basically unnecessary because according to you if clean install can resolve an issue, then it is also possible to resolve it without clean install.

    That "trying to be clever", I was going to say that I take it as an insult, but then I thought that If you mean with it that I stated facts, not a theory, then yes I was trying to be clever. Difference between our posts regarding this matter is that I have tested this in all possible scenarios I could think of, have researched the issue, have broken registry in pieces and restored several system images to start again from scratch, whereas you've posted following the excellent "I think so therefore it must be true" principle.


    Please believe me, I know how hard it is to admit being wrong. I know you will not admit it, therefore this conversation is quite useless. However, as I feel it is important that we post facts about various Windows features and bugs rather than sophisticated theories, I will repeat this one more time:

    If the Windows 10 native built-in administrator account has been switched to a Microsoft account, it can't be switched back to local account, nor can the connected Microsoft account email be changed. Clean install is the only way to do it.

    A clean install is as the name say a clean install. Everything is reset to Windows defaults, no links or connections to any user specific Microsoft accounts will be automatically created. It always needs user interaction, be it as simple as setting Windows 10 up with a Microsoft account, connecting to one later, or enabling built-in admin account and then switching / connecting to a Microsoft account.
     
    Kari, Apr 5, 2018
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