Posted July 22, 2020 So i use a local account for my machine on windows 10. Apparently i noticed today after resetting my PC and looking at the start menu i noticed a medal icon with microsoft points. Puzzled i went to settings and apparently under email & accounts under accounts used by other apps my hotmail is there. What is this because i dont recall doing anything that would allow this? And if i click remove im worried its actually going to delete my hotmail account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 22, 2020 Just logging in to Windows store, mail/calendar apps etc will make it appear there. As it says it's an account that's registered for use by some apps. F@H Desktop: i9-13900K, ASUS Z790-E, 64GB DDR5-6000 CL36, RTX3080, 2TB MP600 Pro XT, 2TB SX8200Pro, 2x16TB Ironwolf RAID0, Corsair HX1200, Antec Vortex 360 AIO, Thermaltake Versa H25 TG, Samsung 4K curved 49" TV, 23" secondary, Mountain Everest Max Mobile SFF rig: i9-9900K, Noctua NH-L9i, Asrock Z390 Phantom ITX-AC, 32GB, GTX1070, 2x1TB SX8200Pro RAID0, 2x5TB 2.5" HDD RAID0, Athena 500W Flex (Noctua fan), Custom 4.7l 3D printed case Asus Zenbook UM325UA, Ryzen 7 5700u, 16GB, 1TB, OLED GPD Win 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 22, 2020 Author 10 hours ago, Kilrah said: Just logging in to Windows store, mail/calendar apps etc will make it appear there. As it says it's an account that's registered for use by some apps. Is it possible to remove it? It's not like i use it much. And i dont even recall logging into a store on this PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 22, 2020 Sure, but what's wrong with it being there? F@H Desktop: i9-13900K, ASUS Z790-E, 64GB DDR5-6000 CL36, RTX3080, 2TB MP600 Pro XT, 2TB SX8200Pro, 2x16TB Ironwolf RAID0, Corsair HX1200, Antec Vortex 360 AIO, Thermaltake Versa H25 TG, Samsung 4K curved 49" TV, 23" secondary, Mountain Everest Max Mobile SFF rig: i9-9900K, Noctua NH-L9i, Asrock Z390 Phantom ITX-AC, 32GB, GTX1070, 2x1TB SX8200Pro RAID0, 2x5TB 2.5" HDD RAID0, Athena 500W Flex (Noctua fan), Custom 4.7l 3D printed case Asus Zenbook UM325UA, Ryzen 7 5700u, 16GB, 1TB, OLED GPD Win 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 22, 2020 Author Just now, Kilrah said: Sure, but what's wrong with it being there? It honestly just surprises me, not exactly the greatest fan of 10 but if it isnt even needed there in the first place why should i keep it? Granted it might come back at some point but still.And if i try to click remove it gives me just a very worrying message "are you sure you want to remove this account? This will remove email and all content associated with it.Your organisation might also remove some data stored on this device." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 22, 2020 Just means that if you have that account used for things like the Windows Mail app it will remove the account from there, and if that's a student/uni account that gives you access to licensed programs and such those would be deactivated on this machine. I.e. that whatever you had access to on that machine thanks to the account being associated won't be accessible anymore on it. F@H Desktop: i9-13900K, ASUS Z790-E, 64GB DDR5-6000 CL36, RTX3080, 2TB MP600 Pro XT, 2TB SX8200Pro, 2x16TB Ironwolf RAID0, Corsair HX1200, Antec Vortex 360 AIO, Thermaltake Versa H25 TG, Samsung 4K curved 49" TV, 23" secondary, Mountain Everest Max Mobile SFF rig: i9-9900K, Noctua NH-L9i, Asrock Z390 Phantom ITX-AC, 32GB, GTX1070, 2x1TB SX8200Pro RAID0, 2x5TB 2.5" HDD RAID0, Athena 500W Flex (Noctua fan), Custom 4.7l 3D printed case Asus Zenbook UM325UA, Ryzen 7 5700u, 16GB, 1TB, OLED GPD Win 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 22, 2020 Author 2 minutes ago, Kilrah said: Just means that if you have that account used for things like the Windows Mail app it will remove the account from there, and if that's a student/uni account that gives you access to licensed programs and such those would be deactivated on this machine. I.e. that whatever you had access to on that machine thanks to the account being associated won't be accessible anymore on it. Alright if your sure but can someone else quote on this? Because that email just happens to be my main one so its not something I'd like to take risks for but since you also explained what it does it also might just be easier to keep it there. Thanks for the prompt replies though! @Kilrah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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