{"id":9008,"date":"2017-03-08T02:39:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T02:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=9008"},"modified":"2017-08-15T05:48:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T05:48:08","slug":"know-if-use-microsoft-account-in-windows-10-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/know-if-use-microsoft-account-in-windows-10-8\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Know If I Use A Microsoft Account in Windows 10 \/ 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do I know if I have a Microsoft account in Windows 10? In Windows 10\/8, users are encouraged to use a Microsoft account (Hotmail, Live, Outlook.com, etc) to log into the system, but you can continue using a traditional local account. It’s a little confusing and you may not know which type of Windows account you have. In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 simple ways to find if you use a local account or a Microsoft account in Windows 10 \/ 8.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Find If You Use Local or Microsoft Account from PC Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n

To get started, press Windows<\/strong> logo key + I<\/strong> simultaneously to open the Settings app<\/a>. Click Accounts<\/strong> and then select the Your info<\/strong> tab in the left pane.<\/p>\n

If you are logged in as a local account, you’ll see the text label Local Account<\/strong> under your account name (see the screenshot below). There is also an option underneath which allows you to switch it to a Microsoft account.<\/p>\n

\"local-account-info\"<\/p>\n

If you are logged in as a Microsoft account, you’ll see a Microsoft email address under your account name (see the screenshot below). There is also an option underneath which allows you to switch it to a local account.<\/p>\n

\"microsoft-account-info\"<\/p>\n

Method 2: Find If You Use Local or Microsoft Account from Windows Login Screen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Couldn’t sign into Windows 10 \/ 8? You can also find if your account is a local account or a Microsoft account. When booting to Windows sign-in screen, type an incorrect password and press Enter.<\/p>\n

If your selected user is a local account, you’ll get a failure message that says “The password is incorrect. Try again.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

\"forgot-local-account-password\"<\/p>\n

If your selected user is a Microsoft account, you’ll see the following error message that prompts you to reset password online via Microsoft website:<\/p>\n

“That password is incorrect. Make sure you’re using the password for your Microsoft account. You can always reset it at account.live.com\/password\/reset.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"forgot-microsoft-account-password\"<\/p>\n

Method 3: Find If You Use Local or Microsoft Account Using PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Type PowerShell<\/strong> into the Cortana search box (lower left of your screen), and click Windows PowerShell<\/strong> from the search result.<\/p>\n

This will bring up the PowerShell console. Once here, type whoami<\/strong> and hit Enter. This will display the user you are currently logged in.<\/p>\n

Next, you can use the Get-LocalUser<\/em> cmdlet to view your account details. Replace jack<\/em> with your account name.
\nGet-LocalUser -Name 'jack' | Select-Object *<\/code><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The output of this command will list all the account properties. Look for the line beginning with “PrincipalSource<\/strong>“. There we can see if your currently logged-in user is a Microsoft account or a local user.<\/p>\n

That’s all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How do I know if I have a Microsoft account in Windows 10? In Windows 10\/8, users are encouraged to use a Microsoft account (Hotmail, Live, Outlook.com, etc) to log into the system, but you can continue using a traditional local account. It’s a little confusing and you may not know which type of Windows […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894,39],"tags":[3297,3296],"class_list":["post-9008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-8","tag-check-if-i-have-microsoft-account-in-windows-10","tag-windows-10-microsoft-account"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9008"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9946,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9008\/revisions\/9946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}