John from New Castle, Pa. writes:
I have Windows 8 and when I click on Hotmail and then inbox, it goes right to my inbox. No username and no password. Anyone can access my Hotmail on my computer. How do I get it to ask for my username and password always?
Answer:
I’ve got some good news and some bad news. Let’s start with the bad news, so there is something good to look forward to. The default Windows 8 method of signing into your computer is through your Microsoft ID. It is the same as your Hotmail/live.com ID. This means that if you sign in to your computer, you’ll be automatically signed into Mail, Messenger, Skydrive and other Microsoft Live services.
The good news is that you have two options to stop this annoying behavior. The first is a bit of an inconvenience, but still gives you access to your Skydrive and other Windows Live integrated features. When you start the computer, you can open a web browser and go to www.hotmail.com, then click (under your name in the upper right-hand corner) “sign out.” This will sign you out of the Microsoft website until you sign back in or reboot your computer and log back on.
The second option is to sign in to your computer using the local account. You will not be automatically signed into Windows Live services, or sync your settings from computer to computer. You can change your account to a local account by opening the charms bar (hover your mouse over the lower right corner of the screen, or if you have a touch screen swipe from the left of screen in) and click “settings.” In “settings” click “change PC settings,” then click on “Users.” Under “Your Account,” click the button that says “Switch to a local account.” Once done, reboot your computer and log. You’ll be signed in to your computer, but not to any Microsoft services until you manually log in.
-Tim
P.S. An even better alternative is to create separate accounts on your computer for each user. This way all of your accounts stay separate, and each user can customize the look and feel of Windows to their liking. You can add accounts in the PC Settings screen by clicking on “Users” then “Add a user”.
I got a laptop-windows 8 and my friends kid went to a hotmail acct, and so when i got computer back i went to get on it, and her hotmail acct. pops up wanting a password, and it wont let me on my computer, what can i do?
Change user to log on to your Microsoft account with the user name and password for your computer.
After mistakenly switched to Live account on Windows 8 (now 8.1) I got back to using a Local and have signed out of everything, un-ticked any “remember me” options, and deleted all cookies but still my Windows Live Mail client will get mail without challenging me. I don’t want any online services, I just want to be challenged when I try to download/upload mail. Any help will be appreciated.
Since my previous reply there has been a further (real scary) development. Using a completely different computer, with Internet Explorer I logged onto Windows Live and changed my password. Now here’s the scary bit. Windows Live Mail client on the other machine, on a local account, downloaded my emails WITHOUT ASKING FOR THE NEW PASSWORD?!? Help?
RESOLVED:I clicked on the “Sign in to Windows Live” button in the email client and there it was! The “remember me” box was ticked and as I entered first letter of my email address, it auto-filled the rest of my address and it also filled the password box. The only possible explanation I can think of is that the Live Mail client handles the mail logon locally and then, because it could access my mail without knowing the new password, it must use a certificate or similar to authenticate with my online mail account. Obviously we cannot change the client to Microsoft “handshake” but at least now it has stopped remembering my password on local and someone would have to know my password in order to use the mail client. Thanks for this forum, Ian 🙂
Can someone help me how ca someone stop automatic sign in hotmail.
Can someone help if someone is signed in hotmail automatic. how can the disable that. When they sign in they can type there e-mail address and password.
how can someone disable autamatic sign in hotmail
Zaheen, that information is in the article.
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