I have a PC technical question....
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (167226)
Boise, Idaho
November 6, 2015 10:09pm CST
My daughter got a new laptop tonight but she doesn't have a MSN account. I am wondering if I go in on mine and sign out of my MSN can I set up a new account that will be affiliated with her or will it mess mine up and be affiliated with mine? I can't call Microsoft and ask them because they are closed on the weekend.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
7 Nov 15
Surely if she has a new laptop then she will need a Microsoft account to sign in to the computer, unless it is using Windows 8.
You can create as many Microsoft accounts as you like and use them separately, so this will not be a problem.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
7 Nov 15
@celticeagle I assumed that you meant MSN as a Microsoft account for email and related services. If you are referring to MSN as an ISP, I understood that they only had dial up service, which would be quite inefficient by today's standards.
Is she trying to create an email address to be used to log into Windows, or an Internet Service Account in order to access the internet?
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@celticeagle (167226)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Nov 15
@Asylum ... Yeah, I didn't make that very plane did I? I was in a hurry. We were just trying to set up her computer. I didn't realize she could by pass that and just go to her ISP info and put in the password and info there and get online that way. Got it handled. Thanks for your input though. Next time I will give my friends more info to work with.
@celticeagle (167226)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Nov 15
Ya, It is how to go about it that I was wondering about. She can't get online until she has one. I could do it on mine but I was wondering how to go about it so it is a separate account from mine and doesn't mess up my MSN account.
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
7 Nov 15
I am not sure about how MSN accounts work. It certainly should be possible to set up a new account on your PC (having signed out of yours first, of course) but whether it would then be associated with your machine or not, I don't know. I would have thought that the safest way would be to use your daughter's laptop to set up an account.
Microsoft have an enormous amount of help online. Sometimes it's easy to find the information you want, sometimes it's not! Have you searched for help under "MSN account"?
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@celticeagle (167226)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Nov 15
But we can not use hers until we get her online. Microsoft sure does have a lot of help online buy only during the week. That's why I was asking else where because they weren't available until Monday and my daughter is excited to get her PC running. And the search thing is where you have to put in the right phrase. Very frustrating.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
8 Nov 15
@celticeagle That is just crazy! How would anyone begin to use a PC they bought if they can't use it to sign up for a Microsoft account!
Do you mean that she can't even open a browser window?
If she can, then here is the link she should type into the address field: You should not use 'Search' to access a web page unless you don't know the URL of the site.
Create an account You can use any email address as the user name for your new Microsoft account, including addresses from Outlook.com, Yahoo! or Gmail. If you already sign in to a Windows PC, tablet, or phone, Xbox Live, Outlook.com, or OneDrive, use that
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@celticeagle (167226)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Nov 15
@owlwings ...Because they can't get online to set up an MSN account until they can get online. She can open a browser window. She didn't have WIFI yet and we can that figured out, bypassed the need for a MSN account and she is fine now. Thank you for your help though.
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@Letranknight2015 (51976)
• Philippines
7 Nov 15
If the matter is not urgent, maybe you can wait for the weekdays again and consult microsoft on this problem. But it's possible if you erase history and have her register an account in your laptop. but that is just my pont of view, Im not much into tech these days. 
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@celticeagle (167226)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Nov 15
Yeah, I have a guy coming out later to help. My daughter is excited to get online and I didn't want to have to wait until the weekdays. Thank you.
@Letranknight2015 (51976)
• Philippines
8 Nov 15
@celticeagle oh so how was it? did she get registered online? well, i wouldn't want her to wait if she's excited to be online. have a nice day.
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@celticeagle (167226)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Nov 15
@Letranknight2015 ...Yes, she did . She is not a fellow PCer.
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
8 Nov 15
I am pretty sure you can have multiple accounts - but then again I'm not techie either.
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@celticeagle (167226)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Nov 15
Yes, you can. I just wondered how you make an account for someone else on your computer. That was my question.
@celticeagle (167226)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Nov 15
@AbbyGreenhill ...Yes, same here so I was confused when it came to doing it for someone else.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
8 Nov 15
@celticeagle since I'm the only using mine I never had to worry about it.
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@DeborahDiane (40299)
• Laguna Woods, California
8 Nov 15
I'm not sure what to tell you. You might want to wait until Monday, if you can.
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@celticeagle (167226)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Nov 15
We got it figured out. Silly us. Didn't need one at all.
@marguicha (223346)
• Chile
7 Nov 15
I know nothing about computers, but I rediscovered you when an old mylot friend came to visit one of my posts. I´m in search of old friends,so I am starting to follow you again
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
7 Nov 15
I think Barry has given you very good advice, multiple MSN accounts are not an issue.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
8 Nov 15
@celticeagle Koalemos, his name is Barry.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50332)
• United States
7 Nov 15
Wish I could help. I don't understand those things.
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@celticeagle (167226)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Nov 15
I'm sure I will. It's just that she is excited to get it set up and I was trying to help her.
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@garymarsh6 (23405)
• United Kingdom
7 Nov 15
You should sign out of yours and register a new account for her!
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@celticeagle (167226)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Nov 15
That is what I was wondering. If the 'new account' meant that I could do that.
