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Edit: Oh, I forgot, I downgraded this machine to Windows 7 not long ago. I have a feeling there's no Microsoft account associated with it.
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OP:
I've had this problem for years. Somehow, when I first set up such an account, Microsoft assigned a domain:
<my username>@live.com
Later, I developed what I figured made more sense for me:
<my username>@<my ISP's domain>
Same "my username". My ISP's domain is sonic.net. I like that because if Microsoft sends any email to me it will show up in my inbox... duh! Problem is, I have TWO Microsoft Accounts now. I can't necessarily remember which of my devices is set to which account. I am typing on my now-old Windows 10 64bit laptop. I just received my replacement for this, another Windows 10 64bit laptop and I'm going through the setup routine. It wants me to set up my "personal Microsoft account" on the new machine. I would like to know which account my old one was set to.
I talked to Microsoft people on the phone a few years ago, hoping to somehow get rid of the duplicity and just join the accounts have email sent to me, not that dumb @live.com account but was unable to accomplish the task. Instead they linked my sonic.net email account, so presumably it would send email there. AFAIK that didn't solve my problem. Online I see this:
How do I find my Microsoft account on Windows 10?
Click on the Start button in Windows 10 and then click on the Settings command. From the Settings screen, click on the setting for Accounts. In the "Your account" pane, Microsoft offers you the option to Sign in with a Microsoft account instead. Click on the link to that option.
But I'm not seeing that. In fact I don't see "Settings" only Control Panel. And once in there I don't see "Accounts" just User Accounts. I see nothing in there about Microsoft Account.
It's a nightmare. How do I find out if I have a Microsoft account in this particular Windows 10 installation and if so, what the associated email is?
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OP:
I've had this problem for years. Somehow, when I first set up such an account, Microsoft assigned a domain:
<my username>@live.com
Later, I developed what I figured made more sense for me:
<my username>@<my ISP's domain>
Same "my username". My ISP's domain is sonic.net. I like that because if Microsoft sends any email to me it will show up in my inbox... duh! Problem is, I have TWO Microsoft Accounts now. I can't necessarily remember which of my devices is set to which account. I am typing on my now-old Windows 10 64bit laptop. I just received my replacement for this, another Windows 10 64bit laptop and I'm going through the setup routine. It wants me to set up my "personal Microsoft account" on the new machine. I would like to know which account my old one was set to.
I talked to Microsoft people on the phone a few years ago, hoping to somehow get rid of the duplicity and just join the accounts have email sent to me, not that dumb @live.com account but was unable to accomplish the task. Instead they linked my sonic.net email account, so presumably it would send email there. AFAIK that didn't solve my problem. Online I see this:
How do I find my Microsoft account on Windows 10?
Click on the Start button in Windows 10 and then click on the Settings command. From the Settings screen, click on the setting for Accounts. In the "Your account" pane, Microsoft offers you the option to Sign in with a Microsoft account instead. Click on the link to that option.
But I'm not seeing that. In fact I don't see "Settings" only Control Panel. And once in there I don't see "Accounts" just User Accounts. I see nothing in there about Microsoft Account.
It's a nightmare. How do I find out if I have a Microsoft account in this particular Windows 10 installation and if so, what the associated email is?
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