You need to cancel any paid services or Microsoft Points account associated with your Microsoft account

I receive the error "You need to cancel any paid services or Microsoft Points account associated with your Microsoft account" when I try to cancel my Microsoft account.

I suspect this is due to there being a free xbox live account being associated with my Microsoft account, that was automatically created, unbeknown to me, when I created a Microsoft Account through Windows 8.

There is no way for me to cancel the xbox live account as it is not a gold subscriber account.

I have no use for this account anymore as I have another Microsoft account which I use for the partner program and website spark program.

Please can a Microsoft employee make it possible for me to close this account. I give you permission to access my account and make any necessary changes required for me to successfully close my account.

Thanks in advance.