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The thread discusses managing OneDrive accounts across different Windows devices. The original poster wants to log into their Windows 7 laptop with their Outlook credentials to unify OneDrive access, but isn’t sure how to do so. Respondents clarify that OneDrive accounts are separate from Windows OS login credentials and advise checking the "keep me signed in" option when signing in to OneDrive to stay signed in on Windows 7. Overall, the conversation provides guidance on managing OneDrive sign-in behavior across devices.
Sandy Sailer

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I have a laptop running Windows 7, and a tablet and all-in-one desktop running Windows 8. On my windows 8 machines, I log in with my outlook credentials. On Windows 7, it's my own created password. I've noticed that I have different One Drive accounts because of this. My question is, is there any way that I can log into my Windows 7 machine with my outlook credentials, so I can access the same One Drive account on all computers? I hope this question makes sense!

It's actually my outlook credentials, but the forum wouldn't let me enter the URL.

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You can log into your different onedrive accounts on any machine/system....you can only login into you 8 machine with said MS account for that system.

The onedrive account is completely separate from the OS account, although you can use the same login info for both.
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You can log into your different onedrive accounts on any machine/system....you can only login into you 8 machine with said MS account for that system.

The onedrive account is completely separate from the OS account, although you can use the same login info for both.
 

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Thanks. I guess I don't know how to log out of One Drive on windows 7 so I can log back in...???
 

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When you sign into onedrive, where you enter you email/password...you have a check box to tick to keep signed in. If you don't check that box, then when you close the onedrive page you're automatically signed out.




An image from 'Windows 7 login ... Can I use my outlook login?'. OneDrive login screen prompting for Microsoft account credentials with 'Keep me signed in' option.
 

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