Accessing Windows 10 requires having a Microsoft account — here's how to make sure you're all set up.
Step 1: Add a new email address or phone number
- Sign in to your Microsoft account.
- Select Your info at the top of the page.
- Select Manage how you sign in to Microsoft.
- You may be prompted to re-enter your password or enter a code we send to the email address or phone number listed in your account as security information. This lets us know the request is coming from you.
- Select either Add email or Add phone number. Note If you see the message “For security reasons, you need to verify your primary alias before you can add another alias” at the bottom of the page, you will need to either Verify your current primary alias or select Rename. If you select Rename, please go to the “How to rename an unverified primary alias” section
- If you selected Add email, follow these steps. Otherwise, go to step 7 to add a phone number.
- If you want to create a new email address to use, select Create a new email address and add it as an alias, and then follow the instructions.
- If you have a non-Microsoft email address (such as an @gmail.com or @yahoo.com email address) that you want to use, select Add an existing email address as a Microsoft account alias, and then click Add alias.
- When you add an existing email address, you'll be required to verify that you own that account. To the right of the alias you added, click Verify, and we'll send a message to that email address to get confirmation.
- When you receive the verification email, click the link provided to verify that you own the account.
- Note The email address that you enter can't already be in use as a Microsoft account alias.
- If you selected Add phone number, follow these steps:
- Select your country from the list.
- Enter the phone number you want to use, and then select Next.
- When you add a new phone number, we'll send a text message to that number to verify it. Enter the code in the text message, and then select Next.
Step 2: Set the new email address as your primary alias
After you add the new email address, you need to set it as your primary alias to have it displayed when you sign in to all devices and services. Here's how:
On the Manage your account aliases page, select Make primary under the email address you want as primary under Account alias.
Note Only email addresses can be used as primary aliases.
Step 3: Remove the email address you no longer want to use to sign in
Note If you choose to remove an alias that uses a Microsoft domain such as @hotmail.com, @outlook.com, or @live.com, that alias will be completely deleted and will not be available to sign in to any Microsoft services.
To remove the email address you no longer use to sign in to your account, select Remove next to that alias on the Manage your account aliases page, and then follow the instructions provided.
Important Do not remove this email address if you still want to use it to send and receive email messages.
please give me right & correct answer, why I and many other persons are not able to log in through new user account in my updated ( from win8.1) Pc.
Hello, has anyone answered your questions about the changes that took affect starting with WIN 8.1 or higher around mid spring or beginning summer of 2014? Sign in MS account and admin user all at once? I have experience with quite a few OS and devices and I can help you with that from my own learning the hard way and finding out what doesn't work, lol. It can be frustrating especially the more services and devices you are running for syncing purposes. However, I tend to ramble on, and would like to keep it simple. I will cater your answer to your parameters because there are so many variables. It would be helpful if I had some more information first for your and my benefit.
1) You say WIN 10 home OS? Newly updated from 8.1 OS? from what build win 7? USA version right? Volume lease, stand alone, or OEM?
2) Is it your own device? Are you the first user on fresh 8.1 OS, did you use transfer cable and transferred existing files and MS account yet?
3) Normally starting two three years ago when you first turn on the new OS it only gives you two options for sign in Microsoft account online, and offline account if I recall, Also the chance to register product with MS (stand alone).
4) From those questions answered I should be more helpful, But then it comes the account syncing and devices.
I will be notified if you are still needing help and respond, again I understand the frustration- Imagine every question you have No one seems to be able to answer--Ya I empathize.