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I am in the process of setting up a new computer and have gotten stalled where it asks you to sign in to your Microsoft account. It used to be there was an option to skip or bypass this step but can’t find anyway to get around it. I really don’t want to phone the owner and tell them I need their Microsoft login information and password as I’m sure the first thing they’ll ask is what do you need that for. I don’t need it and will have to tell them i don’t need it to setup the computer by for some unknown reason it seems Microsoft has decided to make it mandatory.
i hope someone can suggest a way around this as I really don’t like phoning people and asking for their passwords without any justifiable reason.
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Primary alias is not where it sent security alert, Security info is.. I am not sure how else to tell you, other than what I already told you. As I already said, what's the point to send security alert to your outlook.com in the case Microsoft has to lock you account temporarily, you wouldn't be able to access your outlook.com address then.
I would like to know what comment was posted that violated the code of conduct?
I am not saying you are wrong just find it odd if I picked an new email address and made it my primary address why they would send emails to the secondary address, but you certainly very well could be right. Hopefully i won’t have any additional unusual activity notifications.
thanks for all of your help and I think everything should be set.
It was my own comment I had to delete as I posted a duplicate. Somehow it was all labeled as violation of code of conduct - don't worry about it. Platform issue.
Once again, it is not about sending email to primary or secondary, it is about sending emails to the security information you have set up, which is in https://account.live.com > Security > manage how I sign in. These are your security contact info.
Thanks again, and really sorry for dragging this on so long but want to be sure I understand the purpose of designating a primary and secondary address if that doesn’t determine which email address they should use. If I actually wanted to make the outlook account the account they used for notifications how would a person do that?
Thank you for the explanation on the code of conduct as didn’t want you to think I said something inappropriate, although you might already be thinking that with all of the questions.
Sorry, I thought I had already answered this several times. Aliases are not used as security contact information. As I’ve mentioned before, you need to go to https://account.live.com > Security > Manage how I sign in — this is where you set up your security contact method.
And no, you can’t use an outlook.com address as your notification contact. Think of it like setting yourself as your own emergency contact — it defeats the purpose.
I really hope this explanation clears things up. I know I’ve repeated this a few times, but it doesn’t seem the meaning has come across yet.
Sorry yes you answered that several times, the only thing I am confused about is what does designating an email address as primary and secondary do? Security notifications will go to the a non outlook address, I get that as well, just confused what the primary and secondary designations do?
Primary determines what represents your account. So if you link your Microsoft account to Windows, it is the primary address that would be shown at the Settings page. Think of the other ones are simply nick names.
Thanks again and sorry for all the hassle.
