Machine login problem

1. I am logged into my machine using a Microsoft account. NAME@gmail.com
2. I have activated Settings/Accounts / Sign in with a local account instead/ [Next]
3. Windows Security window is asking me for a PIN associated, not with the account I’m signed in under,
   but a totally different Microsoft Account of mine. DIFACCT@hotmail.com
4. I have been able to get to DIFACCT@hotmail.com, even able to change its password. But there seems to be no way to assign it a PIN!
   It seems Microsoft has managed to confuse one Microsoft Account (NAME@gmail.com) with another (DIFACCT@hotmail.com) so badly that I’m in a terrible bind.

How can I assign DIFACCT@hotmail.com a PIN so that I can complete my “Sign in with a local account”

1. Note: I cannot resort to using the “I forgot my PIN” because engaging that link puts me into a situation where I’m forced to change the PIN associated with NAME@gmail.com

Have you tried just removing the PIN first?

jro11 said:

It seems Microsoft has managed to confuse one Microsoft Account

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Microsoft confused? That’s a bit rich, considering…
To be short, this is by your own hand. Such an array of self inflicted complications, I have never seen.

You should just install Windows and leave it alone, J-Man. But you can’t help yourself.
All that work that was done for you by Lady, burned to the ground.

Why do you want to switch to a local account?

Go here


Go to Your Info on the left
On the right under Account info what email address(s) do you see?
Also under account info, at the bottom under the email address(s) should be Sign in options
You can switch between them and make one primary over the other.
For the email address you want to use as your account email, select make primary

Everyone hang tight here. I am in the process of preparing a post (will probably be tomorrow) explaining all that is involved and what he wants to accomplish. The issue with pin has been resolved but he has other issues that are very detailed. It will take me some time to lay out the full picture of his current situation.

The OP is going to be out of commission for a few days. I was going to try to explain his situation and my plan for taking care of it and run it by y'all because he wanted your input. But it was left undecided as to whether he wanted to give his own explanation. So guess I will leave this until he gets back in action and we'll see what happens..

He probably used the other Microsoft Account to register some Windows app or game. He can try removing the other Microsoft account before creating a PIN. The installed apps or games should not be affected. They will probably ask to sign in again, this time using the first Microsoft account. Thankfully Microsoft is not Apple. If you install anything from Apple Store with a different Apple ID (aka iCloud account), and remove the account, you cannot use it! You have to uninstall it and reinstall using the current account! Very inconvenient if you give your iPad or iPhone to a relative and sign out of your account. They have to uninstall and reinstall all the apps and games they want to use, including the free ones!

PS: I know some smart guy will read this and rush to say this is not the case. Well, I don't know about iOS 13+, but it IS the case for older versions.