Hi i can understand why my legit windows 8.1 pro 64 lost my password for example i'm talking about mail metro app sometime , i try click on mail and i get the screenshot above and all the settings are gone ,reset sometime it asks to switch to a microsoft account but i have a local account and i get this window add your microsoft account i will record such information so u can use you account,calendar contacts is it normal ? thanks http://i.imgur.com/pNRC23H.jpg
mantra we don't speak Italian. =V I think it's just Microsoft is forcing you to make a cloud account to use some of the Metro Apps. A stereotypical behaviour these days actually, nearly everyone wants you to make an account to use their services, necessary or not.