When a high‑profile buyer unboxed a new laptop and refused to create a cloud‑tethered identity, the moment did more than spark a headline — it crystallized a simmering debate about ownership, defaults, and how much of a device’s behavior buyers actually control during first boot.
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So i have been using windows 8.1 and only had one local account in this computer. I come back to find that someone has associated their cloud account to this computer and now my account is missing and now i have their accounts instead and windows 10.
My question is, can i somehow retrieve my...
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account issues
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local account
loss of access
microsoft account
operating system
system restore
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windows 10
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