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- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA USA
I installed Windows 8 on Christmas Day and I skipped the email account setup parts. I never used any APPS yet, in fact I removed everything app-related from my start screen including notifications, etc.
I have used the Classic Shell so far, but today I thought I'd set up the Live email account login.
While I was setting up the app account I kept getting emails from the live account manager to confirm what I was doing and I confirmed each one.
The last thing it asked to 'Trust this PC'. I did so and my machine name appeared on my Microsoft account profile page under "Trusted PC".
But when I restarted I could no longer log in with my local account or the new Live email account.
I logged in as Administrator and saw that my local account name was changed from my username to <xxxxxxx@yyyyyyyyy.com>, my live account ID. It would not allow Administrator to change the account name or my password.
I tried to log in with the email and Live password, but it said I could not log in with his PC and that I need to resolve the issue with the live account on-line.
I had a password reset disk (USB drive) and I used it. It started up the reset wizard and I put back my old password. It finished with no error but I still could not log in.
Finally, I logged in as Administrator and restored my Acronis system image from yesterday. Then everything was back to normal.
I have no idea what happened, I was very careful doing each of these steps.
I see a clue, though, on the Microsoft account page in the Trusted PC area is says:
"To add a trusted PC to your account, you need to access your account using Internet Explorer and have Windows Live Essentials installed."
I was using Chrome to set this up and I don't have Live Essentials installed. There was no indication in the set up that this was required. But, at any rate, it still listed my machine name as trusted, so what does that tell you?
I have used the Classic Shell so far, but today I thought I'd set up the Live email account login.
While I was setting up the app account I kept getting emails from the live account manager to confirm what I was doing and I confirmed each one.
The last thing it asked to 'Trust this PC'. I did so and my machine name appeared on my Microsoft account profile page under "Trusted PC".
But when I restarted I could no longer log in with my local account or the new Live email account.
I logged in as Administrator and saw that my local account name was changed from my username to <xxxxxxx@yyyyyyyyy.com>, my live account ID. It would not allow Administrator to change the account name or my password.
I tried to log in with the email and Live password, but it said I could not log in with his PC and that I need to resolve the issue with the live account on-line.
I had a password reset disk (USB drive) and I used it. It started up the reset wizard and I put back my old password. It finished with no error but I still could not log in.
Finally, I logged in as Administrator and restored my Acronis system image from yesterday. Then everything was back to normal.
I have no idea what happened, I was very careful doing each of these steps.
I see a clue, though, on the Microsoft account page in the Trusted PC area is says:
"To add a trusted PC to your account, you need to access your account using Internet Explorer and have Windows Live Essentials installed."
I was using Chrome to set this up and I don't have Live Essentials installed. There was no indication in the set up that this was required. But, at any rate, it still listed my machine name as trusted, so what does that tell you?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center (64-bit)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom-build
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.3 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev 3.0
- Memory
- 16 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws X DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (4 banks 4GB DIMM DDR3 8-8-8-24 5-32-12-7 1T 1.5V)
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
- Sound Card
- Firewire Focusrite Saffire Pro 14
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG W2353V
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 2 of Seagate Barracuda XT ST32000641AS (2TB ea.);
1 of Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 (2TB);
1 of Hitachi Deskstar HDS722020ALA330 (2TB);
2 of Seagate Desktop ST4000DM000-1F2168 (4TB)
- PSU
- Corsair AX850 Gold
- Case
- Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
- Cooling
- ThermalTake Silent 1156
- Keyboard
- Logitech K520
- Mouse
- Logitech M310
- Internet Speed
- 7Mbps
- Browser
- Chrome
- Antivirus
- Kaspersky
- Other Info
- Event Studio Precision 6 powered audio monitors;
Boston Acoustics CS Sub 10 Powered Subwoofer;
NI Kore controller;
NI Maschine controller;
M-Audio Axiom 61 keyboard controller; expression pedal; sustain pedal;
... and tons of audio software ...
I also keep two USB 3 thumb drives (A: and B:) attached with boot recovery and security stuff that I can boot into from BIOS in case of emergency