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Hi All,
I am using a personal Microsoft account, however I signed into office using my child's school account (as they provide use of office for free).
On previous devices using Windows 10, this worked fine, however on Windows 11, I get a persistent "Please sign in" message in File Explorer:

If I click this, it asks me to sign into the school account which I do not want to do. I do not want any link between windows itself & the school account & I do not want any device management by the school. I just want to be able to use the Microsoft office license on this device.
The account settings do not appear to show any way of restricting what this account is used for so I am at a loss on how to resolve this issue.
I would be most grateful of advice.
Thank you
I am using a personal Microsoft account, however I signed into office using my child's school account (as they provide use of office for free).
On previous devices using Windows 10, this worked fine, however on Windows 11, I get a persistent "Please sign in" message in File Explorer:

If I click this, it asks me to sign into the school account which I do not want to do. I do not want any link between windows itself & the school account & I do not want any device management by the school. I just want to be able to use the Microsoft office license on this device.
The account settings do not appear to show any way of restricting what this account is used for so I am at a loss on how to resolve this issue.
I would be most grateful of advice.
Thank you
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 11
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro 16ACH6 Type 82QQ
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
- Memory
- 16GB DDR4-3200
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVidia GeForce RTX 3050 4gb
- Screen Resolution
- 4k
- Hard Drives
- 2 TB WD Blue SSD PCIe