New to Windows 8 Setup Issue

LTGoldman

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Hello Eight Forums community,

I have a bit of an annoying issue here; my young cousin has bought himself a win8 laptop (Home I presume as it is locked down from running lusrmgr.msc). Unfortunately in his haste he ran through the out of box experience with his mother and they used her email for the Microsoft Passport account (as this is how Windows log-ins now occur).

The problem I see is that my cousins account is set up with a passport that is pointing at his mums email address and any MS web services that he subscribes to may get linked to this email address which is not desired.

We have tried setting up a new account but it complained when I tried to set up two accounts with the same passport account.

The way I figure it is that I need to set up a local account that is member of the local admin group; delete the messed up account and recreate it with the new passport account that I set up for him.

Is there any quicker way of doing this or have I got the basic method of fixing the issue down?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
Why can't you just sign out of the Mum's login name/password and then resign in with the new name/password.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X 4 965 BE
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4
    Memory
    G-Skill 8 GB PC 8500
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD XFX HD Radeon 6790D
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2l Samsung SyncMaster S20B300
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 320 GB w/OS
    Seagate Barracuda 1 TB data storage
    PSU
    Ultra X4 750 watt fully modular
    Case
    Thermaltake OverSeer RX 1 fulltower
    Cooling
    Cooler Master Hyper212 120mm
    Keyboard
    Logitech G510
    Mouse
    Razor DeathAdder 3.5
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