{"id":18610,"date":"2020-01-27T20:11:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T01:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=18610"},"modified":"2020-01-27T20:11:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T01:11:50","slug":"how-to-reset-or-change-your-microsoft-account-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-reset-or-change-your-microsoft-account-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset or Change Your Microsoft Account Password"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-style737\" style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"auto-style774\"><span class=\"auto-style751\"><strong>How to Reset or Change Your Microsoft Account Password<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you sign in to Windows 10 using a Microsoft account and you\u2019re getting a notification your Windows 10 that says \u201cMicrosoft account problem: We need to fix your Microsoft account \u201d\u00a0 or you\u2019re having problems resetting or recovering your Microsoft account password, this tip may help you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you&#8217;re not sure what a &#8220;Microsoft account&#8221; is, a Microsoft account is an email address ending in @hotmail.com, @outlook.com, @msn.com, @live.com, @live.ca. If you\u2019ve lost your password to your Microsoft account or you need to change it, you can do so online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-style737\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"auto-style774\"><span class=\"auto-style751\">Here\u2019s how\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Resetting or Changing Your Microsoft Account Password<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If the password you enter does not work or you forgot your Microsoft account password, you can reset your password by the following these instructions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">To reset your password:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/account.live.com\/resetpassword.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Click this link.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Choose the reason that you need to reset your password:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/reset-microsoft-account.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"353\" align=\"bottom\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">And then click Next.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Enter your Microsoft email address (@Hotmail.com etc.) for your Microsoft account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Enter the characters you will see on the screen, then click Next.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you\u2019ve added security information to your account, Microsoft will send you a one-time code to the cell phone number or the alternate email address you provided when you created your Microsoft account. You will be able to set a new password after you enter the security code on the subsequent screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you can\u2019t get a security code \u2013 If you don\u2019t remember the security info you gave to Microsoft when you signed up for your Microsoft account \u2013 or you no longer have access to the cell phone number or alternate email you provided, then click \u201cI didn\u2019t get a code\u201d when you\u2019re prompted for a code or choose \u201cI don\u2019t have access to these\u201d. You might be asked to fill in a security questionnaire and\/or be asked for some private personal information. There may be a 30-day waiting period before you can gain full access to your account. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-live\/account-security-password-information\"> Learn more about security info here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; How to Reset or Change Your Microsoft Account Password If you sign in to Windows 10 using a Microsoft account and you\u2019re getting a notification your Windows 10 that says \u201cMicrosoft account problem: We need to fix your Microsoft account \u201d\u00a0 or you\u2019re having problems resetting or recovering your Microsoft account password, this tip may help\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-reset-or-change-your-microsoft-account-password\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2509,1656,10],"tags":[3769,2420,3768],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18610"}],"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=18610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18613,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18610\/revisions\/18613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}