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Reciveved email from microsoft account team asking to change password and confirm alternative address?

21. September 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: Microsoft account, Microsoft Account Team

Reciveved this email last week and can't tell if it is a phishing scam or not??

It has the green badge of a recognised sender but the emial address mentioned in the e-mail is not mine. Also there were two other e-mails from the same source. One asking to confirm an alternative email address by clicking a big button with a similar email address in it, and a second then providing a long link to change my e-mail. All relatd tot he mystery email in the emial below?

It seems suspicious but looks the most ligitimate I've ever seen if it is Phishing...Any Advice?

The first e-mail was.....

Microsoft account team (*** Email address is removed for privacy ***)

Add to contacts

11/09/2013

To: (Removed)

From:	Microsoft account team (* Email address is removed for privacy *)
Sent:	11 September 2013
To: (Removed)

Hi,
 
Thanks for helping us verify your Microsoft account (*** Email address is removed for privacy ***)!     (This is not my e mail address account)
 
Here is your code: ####(number removed) 
If you didn't request this code, we recommend that you go to https://account.live.com and change your password.
 
Thanks,
The Microsoft account team

microsoft account getting one has taken 2 weeks

21. September 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: microsoft, Microsoft account

This windows8 system must be the best advertisment for Apple I have come across!

it has taken 2 weeks to get this far.

first the new PC with supposedly pre installed Win8 on it would not recognise the internet modem therefor cant activate the system. cant establish an email account cant download needed software.

MANUFACTURER SAID FIT A NEW Mother board. never asked what errors I was getting, or what the problem was just wanted personal info and model no.

finally we found that by re installing windows8 twice we go it loaded uncorrupted and it actually went online woopeeee!

next we need to have a Microsoft account to be able to get an email set up . sounds easy

we have an email account with our National internet provider ..... nope windows wont accept other than Hotmail or live mail 'emails !!

oh but to have an Microsoft account you have to have an @outlook.com account....

fine, put that in add passwords and security verification codes 20 times

log out and log in again to check . nope wont accept the password then when we try to re create the unverified account just established it tells me it is already allocated ( yes to me but wont accept the log in )

ok modify the account email & get a new account

it then asks for a code to verify

sends the code to the email that I cant access because I don't have a Microsoft account..

being resourceful I start the dying old PC we are replacing get the code from there on the old email "outlook express" (great emailer too it was, but that 10yr old machine is sadly underpowered and takes an hour to boot up to the email)

return to the Win* machine enter the code . does it work NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

sorry temporary server problems come back later ,, I think it said I have a week to verify that I am not a robot hacking tool

now you want me to keep all my business and research and data stuff on a cloud ( someone else's mainframe) that is just as likely to be down when I want it.

please . make this whole future a little more user friendly or so help me MS will become a boat ANCHOR & APPLE THE COMPUTERS OF CHOICE

Can’t access my microsoft account that is attached to my xbox live account.

21. September 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: Microsoft account

The email from my original Microsoft account is no longer valid and I don't remember the password to it. I can't reset the password because it would be sent to my old email. I only got the microsoft account for xbox live and have never logged in on a computer. This was set up years ago and I tried to log in using old passwords but didn't get it right and probably tried too many times. I also tried the "recover my account" form and answered the generic questions but it says not enough info. If I could talk to someone I could answer personal information that can prove who I am. I created this new account so I could ask this question so I don't care if I recover the old microsoft account or if I can just attach this account to my gamertag and xbox live account but that of course requires my old password. Please help!

Recover Microsoft Account (Windows LIVE ID)

20. September 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: Microsoft account, Windows Live ID

Greetings to all,

I have been having numerous issues with my Microsoft Account together with Xbox LIVE and my Gamertag.
In all of my fiddling and "fixing" and speaking to Xbox Support I have deleted my Microsoft Account (Windows LIVE ID).

This naturally has affected my access to Xbox LIVE and my gamertag is now an offline account.

Is there anyway I can recover my Microsoft Account?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Glenn

Link multiple skydrives together

20. September 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: Microsoft account

Hello.

My school has just set up a new intranet, which uses a pre-set email account for login. This account seems to work as a Microsoft account

Their system has a link to skydrive, how-ever I'm already using skydrive, on an other Microsoft account.

Is there a way that i can link these two accounts?

How to delete Microsoft account when billing info and hotmail deactivation constantly fails?

19. September 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: billing info, Microsoft account

I need to delete my hotmail account.

It keeps sending me to a microsoft billing site where I have no active subcriptions.

Can this be sorted?

thanks in advance

Cannot go from calander to email

19. September 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: Microsoft account, pulldown menu

I can log in to my calander, but when i click mail from the pulldown menu it says: "You're currently signed in with an Office 365 email account, which can't be used with Outlook.com. Please click here to sign out of your Office 365 account, then use another Microsoft account to sign in to Outlook.com (for example, your hotmail.com, live.com, or msn.com account). " But i'm already logged in to my calander. What gives?

I also am having trouble logging in to my mail directly.

exchange account and mobile Outlook.com app

19. September 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: exchange account, Microsoft account, Microsoft Exchange

I have a Microsoft Exchange email account for my work email and use Outlook on my laptop while at work. I have added the android Outlook.com app to my phone. My work email address is the primary one for my new Microsoft account. No email shows up in the mobile app. I assumed there would be a setup step within the mobile app for specifying the server. My resident email app does.

Windows Live account

19. September 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: Microsoft account, windows live account

I have a windows live account. When I try to log in (at the Outlook.com page) I receive this message:

You're currently signed in with an Office 365 email account, which can't be used with Outlook.com. Please click here to sign out of your Office 365 account, then use another Microsoft account to sign in to Outlook.com (for example, your hotmail.com, live.com, or msn.com account).

However, I do not believe I am signed in at another Office 365 account and would not know how to close it. Any help would be great.

How do I cancel a previous (unused & free of charge) subscription so that I can finally close my microsoft account?

19. September 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: microsoft, Microsoft account, Microsoft points, subscription

I am trying to delete my microsoft account but I keep getting the message: "You need to cancel any paid services or Microsoft Points account associated with your Microsoft account."

When I click on the "cancel" link, I go the subscriptions page and it's an "OWL Subscription (current)" however I haven't used this for years and it is free of charge but an unlimited subscription (i.e. appears to expire on the year 9999).

I tried talking to the relevant department on the phone and they are unable to delete this subscription, it isn't charged to any credit card or anything as it was originally from an app on my old phone from back in 2009.

Please help.

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