{"id":15062,"date":"2018-06-03T12:40:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T16:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=15062"},"modified":"2018-06-03T12:40:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T16:40:12","slug":"how-to-change-or-reset-your-microsoft-account-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-change-or-reset-your-microsoft-account-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change or Reset Your Microsoft Account Password"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to Change or Reset Your Microsoft Account Password<\/h1>\n
If you sign in to Windows 10 using a Microsoft account and you’re getting a notification your Windows 10 that says “Microsoft account problem: We need to fix your Microsoft account ” and you’re having problems resetting or recovering your Microsoft account password, this tip may help you.<\/div>\n
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In care you’re wondering… a Microsoft account is an email address ending in @hotmail.com, @outlook.com, @msn.com, @live.com, @live.ca . If you’ve lost your password to your Microsoft account or you need to change it, you can do so online. Here’s how…<\/p>\n

Resetting or Changing Your Password for Your Microsoft account<\/h2>\n

If the password you enter does not work or you forgot your Microsoft account password, you can reset your password by the following these\u00a0instructions:<\/p>\n

To reset your password:<\/p>\n

Click this link:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Choose the reason that you need to reset your password<\/div>\n
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And then click Next.<\/div>\n
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Enter your Microsoft\u00a0email address (@Hotmail.com\u00a0etc.)\u00a0for your Microsoft account.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Enter the characters you will\u00a0see on the screen, then click Next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
If you’ve added security information to your account, Microsoft will send you\u00a0a one-time code to the cell phone number or the alternate email address you provided when you created your Microsoft account.\u00a0 You will be able to set a new password after you enter the security code on the subsequent screen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
If you can’t get a security code – If you\u00a0 don’t remember the security info you gave to Microsoft when you signed up for your Microsoft account\u00a0 – or you no longer have access to the cell phone number or alternate email you provided, then click “I didn’t get a code” when you’re prompted for a code\u00a0or choose “I don’t have access to these”.<\/div>\n
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You might be asked to fill in a security questionnaire and be asked for some private personal information.\u00a0There may be a 30-day waiting period to get full access to your account. Learn more about security info here<\/a>:<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How to Change or Reset Your Microsoft Account Password If you sign in to Windows 10 using a Microsoft account and you’re getting a notification your Windows 10 that says “Microsoft account problem: We need to fix your Microsoft account ” and you’re having problems resetting or recovering your Microsoft account password, this tip may help you. In\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1461,1764,10],"tags":[2425,2422,2423,2424,1684,1727],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15063,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15062\/revisions\/15063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}