"We need to fix your Microsoft account" spam notifications!

[oldschool]

OK, some of you must have encountered the spammy "We need to fix your M$ account" notification. I've tried every fix I could find and I'm not sure if it's fixed yet. I encountered one on first boot this morning. Any additional ideas?

Fixes I've tried:

• Settings>System>"Shared experiences">OFF (if you don't need this)
• Settings>System>Notifications>Turn off unneeded notifications
• Windows Security Center>Virus and threat protection>Manage settings>Change notification settings>Account protection notificatons>OFF

The last is a fairly new setting which I only just discovered. It may be the culprit behind the "We need to fix ..." spam attacks.

 

[blackice]

OK, some of you must have encountered the spammy "We need to fix your M$ account" notification. I've tried every fix I could find and I'm not sure if it's fixed yet. I encountered one on first boot this morning. Any ideas?

I thought this was about scam calls from boiler rooms.
I got this message the other day. I restarted and never saw it again. I think servers are seeing less maintenance with the work from home orders.

 

[fabiobr]

Received one yesterday, but reinserted the pin and everything got solved.

 

[ChoiceVoice]

it always fixes itself with mine. and the only machine it does that with is my local account computer. it has never done it with my Microsoft account computers.

 

[oldschool]

@blackice @fabiobr @ChoiceVoice The reason this alert occurs is because M$ wants you to use a M$ account to log into your machine. I closed my M$ account some time ago and use a password to log into my admin and local account. I still get this notification.

 

[blackice]

@blackice @fabiobr @ChoiceVoice The reason this alert occurs is because M$ wants you to use a M$ account to log into your machine. I closed my M$ account some time ago and use a password to log into my admin and local account. I still get this notification.

oh, now that you mention it I think it was when I logged in as a local admin without an M$ account.

 

[Ink]

I closed my M$ account some time ago and use a password to log into my admin and local account. I still get this notification.

Create a new Local account without any ties to Microsoft. You may lose your Windows 10 Digital Entitlement license.

 

[oldschool]

I edited OP with more info, the last of which may have fixed the problem.

 

[Local Host]

Do you have any cleaning Software like CCleaner that may be deleting your login tokens?

 

[oldschool]

Do you have any cleaning Software like CCleaner that may be deleting your login tokens?

Nope.

This may have fixed it: Windows Security Center>Virus and threat protection>Manage settings>Change notification settings>Account protection notificatons>OFF

Now I'm waiting to see if I get any more of them.

 

[roger_m]

Create a new Local account without any ties to Microsoft. You may lose your Windows 10 Digital Entitlement license.

You won't lose your digital license. I use a digital license on all computers and only use local accounts.

Edit. I forgot that you can link your digital license to a MS account. The following link explains how you can keep your activation, by creating a MS account (which you don't need to use) in addition to the local one.

How to keep your local account while linking a Windows 10 license to a Microsoft account

Windows 10 allows you to link your product key to a Microsoft account to re-activate the operating system, here's how to do that and still keep your local account.

www.windowscentral.com