Windows 10: Used workplace email to register new computer, now retired, need to use personal email. How...

Four-year-old computer, purchased by me. Computer will not allow me to sign on after workplace email soon to be terminated. Have second user but unable to access original desktop, etc.

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My Brother printer states "No email account registered on this computer"

Hi,

To isolate the issue, please provide the following information:

• What particular action were you trying to perform on your computer that resulted to the
  No email account registered on this computer error message?
• What application were you using to send an email?
• Were there any changes made on your computer prior to the issue?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

Regards.

 

Spam from my sisters email

True - although, more than a few emails would seem a little suspicous, rather than just a generated or "logged" email address.


As well - it's quite possible the email isn't coming directly from her account. Some email providers allow one to send email, but use a different "from" address (i.e. gmail) - for example, your primary email address is L: someone@someplace.com, when you send a message it would appear to come from L: someone@noplace.com . . .

It wouldn't surprise me, either, that if your sister had registered on a site, that they could be selling off email addresses - sometimes those really shady purchasers of these email lists will use some of these addresses to "mask" where the emails are actually coming from.

Follow the suggestions tha have already been posted, first - defi change the password. Run a good A/V program, and check your rig over for any other malware. Do a good manual cleaning of internet files, too, both cookies, temp files, and any other tripe that ends up in your temp folders. Anything that doesn't want to be deleted nice and easy tends to not bode well . . . if the issue still continues, she may have to give some serious thought to closing the account and picking up a new email provider elsewhere.

It's a PITA, for all involved.

 

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.