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I tried commenting on an article for the first time today. When i went to sign up and agree to the terms a window said in red letters "The username violates our guidelines"...
my username is my first and last name so I don't understand why I'm seeing this. There is no option to dispute on screen https://account.microsoft.com/profile?ocid=msedgntp
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I literally just stumbled on solving this for myself. I signed in on my phone in order to reply here. Told me my name was already in use and suggested adding the 835. So I did and it excepted my name in my mobile. So I signed out in my desk top. Signed back in and then edited my name to include the 835. Microsoft accepted.
Brand new account here and having the same issue
No need to be hysterical. It's a bug. Microsoft does this all the time and ignores most bug reports. When they are too lazy to fix them, they just close the support request as "by design".
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Well at least I know I'm not the only one
