Windows 10: Why is Microsoft account not kicking out unauthorized users based on location?

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  1. E_850 Win User

    Why is Microsoft account not kicking out unauthorized users based on location?


    I have the authenticator app, 2-step verification, and have reset my password multiple times and I have a sign-in from Brazil changed my password, and a week later a sign-in from Ecuador. WHAT is the point of all of this authentication if my account can't stop someone with a completely different VPN from entering my account? Am I supposed to change my password daily? How can I delete this account? I don't use this Microsoft account and don't want it out there to be hacked into

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    E_850, May 6, 2024
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  2. E_850 Win User

    Why is Microsoft account not kicking out unauthorized users based on location?

    I have the authenticator app, 2-step verification, and have reset my password multiple times and I have a sign-in from Brazil changed my password, and a week later a sign-in from Ecuador. WHAT is the point of all of this authentication if my account can't stop someone with a completely different VPN from entering my account? Am I supposed to change my password daily? How can I delete this account? I don't use this Microsoft account and don't want it out there to be hacked into
     
    E_850, May 6, 2024
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  3. Switch Back to Existing Local Account from Microsoft Account

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting your response in Microsoft Community.

    I understand your concern, and we in Community will try to help you in the best possible way we can.

    I suggest that you follow the steps below and check if you can log into your computer using the Local Account.

      • On the Search Bar type “User Account”.
      • On the right menu pane locate and click “Make changes to my account in this PC”.
      • Then locate and click on “Sign in With a Local Account instead”.
      • And follow on screen instructions.
    Hope this information is helpful.
     
    Vanessa Sohtun, May 6, 2024
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  4. Kari Win User

    Why is Microsoft account not kicking out unauthorized users based on location?

    Local Acct user and MS account user - sync them or merge them

    If the local account is the one where you have most of your personal data, this is how I would do it:

    • Sign in to your Microsoft account
    • Copy all documents, pictures and other personal data from Microsoft account's user folders to corresponding folders in user Public (contents of MS account Documents folder to Public Documents folder and so on)
    • Sign out from Microsoft account
    Notice that above steps are only required if Microsoft account user folders contain data you want to keep. If its user folders are empty or do not contain anything worth saving, you can skip the above steps. Continue from below.

    • Sign in to the local account
    • Delete the Microsoft account (Option One in this tutorial)
    • Switch your local account to a Microsoft account (tutorial)
    • Copy the data backed up from old Microsoft account to Public folders to new Microsoft account in corresponding folders

    That's it. Using the Public folders as temporary storage you will have none whatsoever file owner / permission issues later on.
     
    Kari, May 6, 2024
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