Windows 10: Windows asked me to type in password for a cloud authentication but I cannot change username

HiI am using a notebook with windows 11. Maybe the computer was shared by someone else previously, so when i click the weather icon on the taskbar, it prompts a tall rectangle window that asked me the password for a microsoft account of someone else. I cannot find a button or link where i can go back and change the username/account. Can someone please enlighten me how to resolve this?

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Why is windows security asking for username and password

Hi,

To isolate the issue, please provide the following information:

• Are you referring to either the Microsoft Security Essentials or the Windows Defender? If not, please specify which Windows security utility is asking for your username and password.
• Does the issue also occur when you try to connect to other Wi-Fi networks?
• What username and password is being asked (e.g. Microsoft Account, etc.)? If it's other than your Microsoft Account, please specify which account.
• What happens when you try to enter your username and password?
• Were there any changes made on your computer prior to the issue?

Regards.

 

Password protected share able to access without authentication

We have configured samba with password protected share folders. The problem what we are facing is, due to windows caching authentication is not asking when we change the password .For example Share has been configured with user name and password, when
we trying to access the share, authentication prompt is getting and able to access with configured user name and password. Once password has been modified, expected while trying to access the share, should ask authentication prompt and access
only with modified password. But share was able to access without authentication prompt.

• On accessing samba share from ubuntu i don’t face any problems. Once we unmount the share after using it, it is prompting for username and password for the second time.
• But in windows when I access samba share for the first time, second time it is not prompting for the username and password simply the samba shared is getting accessible.
• I just want windows machine to ask password every time when the user closes the share, instead of doing “net use * /delete” every time, and we can’t request
  user to do this every time.
• I tried below steps to disable windows cache , but still I am facing observing same behavior.

Click Start >Run > gpedit.msc

Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options

Set "Interactive Logon: Number of Previous Logins To Cache"
value to ‘0’



Kindly let us know any way to fix this issue?

 

how to change microsoft account password in my Lumia 8.1 (Two-step verification asks me to change it with my app password)

I set the Two-step verification in my Microsoft account and set up the authenticator app in my Lumia windows Phone 8.1. Now I received an email asking to set the provided app password as a password of my Microsoft Account on the phone. However the instructions
says to go on my Lumia on Settings->email and account click on Microsoft account and change the password with the app one: however on that page I didn't find is no way to change my password because no password field is provided (only name of the account ,
every time I want an update, the conte4nts to synchronize and the server name).

I notice that also for some other emails accounts (e.g. gmail, live) I connot find a field password where possibly change it ... while in others (yahoo, exchange) There is a username/password field I can modify ...

Any suggestion?

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