Windows 10: Windows/email access for deceased person

My father recently passed away and I need to get into his laptop windows 10 and emails Outlook for any contacts/personal information that might be useful for notifying friends of his. I know his username but have no clue as to his password, and he only wrote it down in his own personal short-hand.Is there some way I can be given access so I can find the aforementioned information?

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Accessing a Deceased Person's Hotmail Account

Check out Time's piece about online accounts of the deceased. There's a section from Microsoft. The article is a little old, but it's all I could find right now.

How to Access a Deceased Loved One’s Online Accounts | TIME.com

Please follow up if you need more help and I will try to find some more answers.

 

Cannot access shared network drive


Personally, I wouldnt use Everyone. If anyone hacks into you, they have full access to everything and can demolish everything on your raid. I would rather set up accounts and access separately for each person. That way, I know who did all that damage. In the end with a little extra work, I feel more secure by using Authenticated Users.


If this helps.
step 1 create non-microsoft account and without email and address without admin rights
step 2 share a drive or folder to specific user account (if Everyone is listed, remove it)
step 3 set security > add Authenticated Users (if more than 1 account) or add specific users
step 3a remove Everyone from list
step 3b uncheck full control and write for all items listed except SYSTEM and Admin account.
step 4 right click Start > Computer Management > System Tools > Shared Folders > Shares ... to verify settings and change anything else. You can also see the number of connections to each share here.

 

Windows Messenger Confirmation Email

No It didnt appear in my spam box but I updated to Windows live Messenger which sent the confirmation email and also verified windows messenger. Ty everyone for there suggestions