Windows 10 problem..

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  1. wasgij6

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    I am trying to remove my email from the "accounts used by other apps" section in windows 10. When i select my email then select remove the settings app crashes and my account does not get removed.

    I am trying to use the built in calendar app but anytime i try and sign in to my gmail account it gives an error. To try and fix this im trying to remove the account completely and re set it up but its not working.

    does anyone know of a way to forcefully remove my account from windows 10?
     

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    Right click on this account and then click on Manage on right bottom corner.
    It opens Microsoft website (Your account) and all Your account details are there.
    Also all registered products, which are related to this account.
     
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    What your talking about will require completely deleting the account. It's a caveat of cloud support baked into Windows 10.

    "Even after you delete your Microsoft account from the local computer, all its data and the personal information stored inside will still be held on Microsoft’s own servers. To get rid of it entirely, you’ll need to use the tool on the Microsoft website itself.

    Note, before you completely delete the account, be sure you’ve emptied out your digital wallet from the Windows Store, canceled any subscriptions that might be tied to the account, and backed up any documents, pictures, or personal data you want saved on a separate hard drive from the one your OS is installed on. This way, you can be sure that even after the account is closed, you’ll still have access to all your files in case you need them again at a later date".

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    http://www.howtogeek.com/227763/how-to-completely-delete-your-microsoft-account/
     
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    Thank you for the info. I don't want to delete my account completely I'm just trying to get the mail and calendar app to work. It works fine on my laptop but I keep getting that error on my desktop.
     
  9. wasgij6

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    after some heavy digging i finally figure out the problem. many other people were also having this problem one user said they fixed the problem by re enabling the onedrive service. After reading this i remembered using sybot anti-beacon when it was first released. I remember this program disabled the onedrive service. There is a portable version of this software and it has the capability to undo any changes. After re enabling the ondrive service using anti-beacon everything seems to be working again.

    Thanks everyone for the help.
     
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    Rather than create a new thread, I thought I'd use this existing thread. Upon upgrading my desktop from Win 8.1 to Win 10, I received a boot loop. After some restarts and unplugging and re-plugging in my power cord, everything appeared ok. However, one issue/problem remains.

    I use Macrium Reflect and the MR boot menu. When my boot menu pops up, it gives me a choice of Windows 8.1 or the MR Boot menu. Yes, it says Windows 8.1. Yet, when it boots, it boots into Windows 10. Anyone have an idea why the boot menu says Windows 8.1 yet my Windows version is 10?
     
  11. Peter2150

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    The boot menu stays the same unless you updated it in Win 10
     
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    Windows 10 is a service.

    Microsoft eventually will transform Windows into a cloud OS like Google Chrome OS.

    That's the future.
     
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    In my four upgrades (one from Win 8.1, three from Win 7) the boot menu did reflect Win 10 after the upgrade. But I did rebuild the boot menu afterwards, and recreate the rescue media in each case.

    Maybe Other Tasks > Add Boot Recovery Menu Option > No Menu first, then again with Win PE 10 option, then also (re)Create the rescue media?
     
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    Do you need to re-boot the PC or close out MR after the "No Menu" and before re-adding the Win PE 10 option?
     
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    People get mad when I "GIYF" them LOL. But you are right. Sometimes I'm not so obvious as the Google answer I present is way buried in the search. So I pluck it out for them.
     
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    It's the first time I have seen GiyF. :thumb:
     
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    Not sure, but I don't think so.
     
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    Peter, I apologize for resurrecting an old discussion. But, I just noticed that when I reboot my machine, it still says "default operating system Windows 8.1" even though I am running Windows 10. (When I go into Control Panel->System->Advanced System Settings->Startup & Recovery it still shows Windows 8.1 as my default.)

    I did do as Paulderdash suggested "Maybe Other Tasks > Add Boot Recovery Menu Option > No Menu first, then again with Win PE 10 option, then also (re)Create the rescue media?" I closed out of MR in-between the No-Menu and adding Win PE 10 to the boot menu.

    Is there a piece that I am missing? Do I need to re-build the PE files when I am creating the rescue media?
     
  23. Peter2150

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    Just so I understand, when you boot your system it says it's Win 8.1 and you are actually booting into Win 10. If so it just means the mbr things it's win 8.1 One of my systems says win 7 and the other one says Vista even though it's booting into win 7. I could change it with boot fix in macrium, but it's not hurting anything so I don't bother.
     
  24. Alexhousek

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    Correct. When I boot up, the boot menu pops up. It gives me the choice of booting into Windows 8.1 or Macrium Reflect. HOwever, my machine is running Windows 10.

    Plus, when I go into "Startup & Recovery" in Control Panel and look at my boot options, it states that my default is Windows 8.1.

    Your right, it doesn't appear to be hurting anything.
     
  25. Robin A.

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    You could try EasyBCD to edit the name and correct the "problem".
     
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