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Setting up a user with a "Work" email address
I'm trying to add a user account to an office laptop running Windows 10
Home. She has an email address issued by head office. In the past, I've simply created a Microsoft ID associated with the email address, but now I get a popup saying I should use a personal email address. I've fooled around, and found I can "Connect" the address concerned to my own account on my own PC (running W10 Pro), but what I want is for this lady to be able to use the same username both to log on to the laptop and for her email. It looks as if I have to create a local user (no Microsoft ID involved) and then connect her office email address - but I don't see what that actually achieves. Any advice? -- Phil, London |
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Setting up a user with a "Work" email address
On 28/02/2018 20:37, Philip Herlihy wrote:
I'm trying to add a user account to an office laptop running Windows 10 Home. She has an email address issued by head office. In the past, I've simply created a Microsoft ID associated with the email address, but now I get a popup saying I should use a personal email address. I've fooled around, and found I can "Connect" the address concerned to my own account on my own PC (running W10 Pro), but what I want is for this lady to be able to use the same username both to log on to the laptop and for her email. It looks as if I have to create a local user (no Microsoft ID involved) and then connect her office email address - but I don't see what that actually achieves. Any advice? You always setup windows to use local Account. Using Microsoft Account to login on Windows require Internet 24/7 and this, IMHO, is not a good idea. /--- This email has been checked for viruses by Windows Defender software. //https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/comprehensive-security/ -- With over 600 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Setting up a user with a "Work" email address
On 02/28/2018 12:37 PM, Philip Herlihy wrote:
I'm trying to add a user account to an office laptop running Windows 10 Home. She has an email address issued by head office. In the past, I've simply created a Microsoft ID associated with the email address, but now I get a popup saying I should use a personal email address. I've fooled around, and found I can "Connect" the address concerned to my own account on my own PC (running W10 Pro), but what I want is for this lady to be able to use the same username both to log on to the laptop and for her email. It looks as if I have to create a local user (no Microsoft ID involved) and then connect her office email address - but I don't see what that actually achieves. Any advice? Hi Philip, I dislike those M$ cloud accounts. I would 1) create a local account of whatever name you please. If you reuse her eMail address, yo are going to confuse her. 2) set up her eMail client with iMap or a Web interface. Give her an icon to click on that pops her directly into her eMail. I prefer Thunderbird. -T |
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