I can't seem to get my profile to reliably sync to new devices or when I've tried clean installs on my main system. I have all settings checked to sync and the PCs are all trusted devices. Sometimes it will sync the desktop background and my profile picture, others it may sync some of my explorer settings. Sometimes it may not sync anything at all. My homegroup on any other devices also gets renamed to "winliveid_000" instead of the usual "winliveid@xyz.com." I've yet to figure out why this happens as well. I've tried deleting the data and trying again, all with the same result. This has honestly all been an issue ever since I've installed Windows 8 and I'm starting to dislike the profile sync altogether. If it cannot reliably sync my data and all of it, I don't understand it's usefulness. I've also run the account troubleshooting tool, which gives a cryptic message saying "The following settings are turning sync off: Personalization." It gives no further details that I can see or look into and all settings are on. Any ideas as to what is happening? I've taken a look at Windows 8.1 and it seems that you have no choice but to initially use your Microsoft account to sign in, which is troubling. If it cannot be fixed, I may have to delete my synced profile online every time I try to reinstall my main system
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.2 GHz
- Motherboard
- Asus P8P67 Rev. 3.1
- Memory
- 16 GB PC12800 Corsair Vengeance @1600 MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Gigabyte Windforce 3 Nvidia GTX 770 4 gb
- Sound Card
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Vizio VO370M
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- 128 gb Plextor PX-128M3 6 Gbps
2 TB WD Black 7200 rpm 6 Gbps
1 TB WD Black 7200 rpm 3 Gbps
750 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm 3 Gbps
- PSU
- Seasonic Platinum 860w
- Case
- Thermaltake Urban S71 full tower
- Cooling
- 1-Noctua NF-A14ULN, 1-NF S12A PWM, 2-NF-P12 PWM, 2 200mm Thermaltake
- Keyboard
- Logitech K400r w/ integrated touchpad
- Browser
- Firefox, Chrome
- Antivirus
- Norton Internet Security 2014