Windows 10: wrong microsoft account being used as main account on my pc

Discus and support wrong microsoft account being used as main account on my pc in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; so i recently decided to buy a minecraft account and after signing in when i press the windows key i'm signed into that account and set as... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by rashidzz, Apr 13, 2025.

  1. rashidzz Win User

    wrong microsoft account being used as main account on my pc


    so i recently decided to buy a minecraft account and after signing in when i press the windows key i'm signed into that account and set as administrator. also, when i tried to sign in to my main account, its a completely new pc with nothing on it. how do i set a account as my main account/administrator? and get all my stuff back?

    :)
     
    rashidzz, Apr 13, 2025
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  2. Kari Win User

    Change Microsoft Account Details in Administrator Account


    Hi Daryl, welcome to the Ten Forums.

    It's quite easy in fact, simply switch the account in question first to a local account, then switch back to a Microsoft account, this time using your wife's MS account credentials.

    Tutorials:
    Notice that before doing this you need to remove the new additional MS account on the PC, the one you created with her credentials. Windows allows only one user account for each email address, if the new account exists you cannot switch the original administrator account to an MS account using the same email address. Tutorial: User Account - Delete in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
     
  3. Zakin Win User
    Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

    Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

    I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

    It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

    EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown wrong microsoft account being used as main account on my pc :(
     
    Zakin, Apr 13, 2025
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  4. NavyLCDR Win User

    wrong microsoft account being used as main account on my pc

    register PC with microsoft; use local account to log in

    Just simply log in with your Microsoft Account.
    Switch to Microsoft Account in Windows 10

    Just go back to using a local account:
    Switch to Local Account in Windows 10

    Hopefully the tutorials are step by step enough.
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 13, 2025
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