If using Pro, pick "domain join instead" and it'll let you make a normal account.
Also, leave create a "super memorable password" field blank to skip security question BS and then create a password once on desktop.
> > >
> > > 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.
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