MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: How to remove or disassociate a connected account in Win10?

> >
> > So... Any ideas of how to remedy this?
>
> You can't, not without being able to sign into the account you want to remove anyway.
>
> My Windows 10 is linked to what was my main email account with Hotmail. Microsoft
> apparently detected malicious activity on the account and promptly disabled it
> without warning. No amount of emails and phone calls could persuade them to
> re-activate the account, they couldn't even tell me the exact reason it was revoked.
>
> It was an email account I'd had for almost 20 years, so lost many emails (including
> recent e-tickets for flights) and contacts associated with the account, and had to
> re-assign many household utilities/forum logins/subscriptions/etc. to a new account.
> It was a huge inconvenience that no-one could explain the reason for.
>
> Anyway, my Windows 10 is still linked to this defunct account and frequently reminds
> me I need 'to fix my Microsoft account' by prompting me to sign into it which is
> obviously impossible.
>
> As far as I'm concerned the only way to resolve this is a fresh installation, and I
> will never trust Microsoft with an email account ever again.

yeah, Windows accounts linked to Microsoft accounts is one of the worst things to happen to Windows, yet it keeps getting pushed harder and harder. Last time I reinstalled I had to disable the network adapter in the BIOS just to get past the prompt, and even then I got nags after a later update.