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The tag 'master account' on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Microsoft Accounts and their role as a central sign-in for services like Outlook and live.com. Users report confusion when a Microsoft Account becomes a master account, requiring a separate email and password to access existing accounts. The content highlights issues with account management, such as being redirected to a different email after logging in with the master account. This tag is relevant for users troubleshooting Microsoft Account integration, especially when managing multiple Outlook or live.com accounts under Windows 7.
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Windows 7 We were happy before "Microsoft Account" came up.
Running under Win 7, we have six Outlook accounts. Ordinarily, all our email work was done locally under Outlook; however, occasionally we had to go out to live.com to get into accounts at the server. No problem -- sign in with our email address and password and we were fine. Then somebody...- BudVitoff
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