FAQ |
Members List |
Calendar |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
Chat and Games Looking for forum games, and completely off topic banter - this is your place! (includes Virtual Big Brother type forum games) |
Reply |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
28-01-2021, 01:23 PM | #1 | |||
|
||||
Zumi Zimi Zami
|
it says like, verify your account but when i do that it asks for my pin number, and of course i don't trust it then, more like suspecting it to be phishing (what my dad also tells me to not trust it)
it also asks me like to finish installation quite a few times, for windows hello, something i do not want since i don't use this computer for work or business can i just ignore that and continue to use my microsoft account as it is now?, because now at the moment it looks alright, mostly basic but still, i just use it for my Mail, Store for app updates, and also microsoft news for weather updates of my location + i am not too keen on using this microsoft account for login/startup either what i had read that is Hello mainly for either
__________________
Taking part in Strictly Jake's Tibb does Strictly Game. |
|||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 01:25 PM | #2 | |||
|
||||
I Love my brick
|
Is this verifying your email account on your phone? If so I'm pretty sure it's legit, I had to do it yesterday as well
__________________
Spoiler: |
|||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 01:26 PM | #3 | |||
|
||||
I Love my brick
|
It asked for my email password only though
__________________
Spoiler: |
|||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 01:27 PM | #4 | |||
|
||||
Zumi Zimi Zami
|
Quote:
i never even knew i had a pin number
__________________
Taking part in Strictly Jake's Tibb does Strictly Game. |
|||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 01:27 PM | #5 | |||
|
||||
You know my methods
|
You'll know it's legitimate if it's from the Microsoft account team at account-security-noreply@accountprot....microsoft.com.
|
|||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 01:28 PM | #6 | |||
|
||||
You know my methods
|
|
|||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 01:28 PM | #7 | |||
|
||||
I Love my brick
|
Ohh OK, I don't know then but best to err on the side on caution and check it out properly first, there's lots of those Microsoft scams around, they usually phone though
__________________
Spoiler: Last edited by Niamh.; 28-01-2021 at 01:28 PM. |
|||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 03:33 PM | #8 | |||
|
||||
Zumi Zimi Zami
|
i put notifications off now (my dad had done that a longer while ago) so the message can't pop up out of nowhere
and i think it is more for work related stuff, but the microsoft account what i got is more linked via my mail address, i checked everything out at mail, store, web browser if everything is ok, and it says it is connected so i'll leave it like it is now, not wanting to get my computer all messed up or something and i don't trust messages like this that much, i mean my computer is just new
__________________
Taking part in Strictly Jake's Tibb does Strictly Game. |
|||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 04:00 PM | #9 | |||
|
||||
Zumi Zimi Zami
|
oh ok know it now, but due to latest 20h2 update it jumped to pin number, but i managed to switch back to old password verification thing
now it asks to verify several devices, i don't have multiple devices lol, but i had to since my groove music program also asked me that annoying verifying message
__________________
Taking part in Strictly Jake's Tibb does Strictly Game. |
|||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 05:13 PM | #10 | |||
|
||||
Oh no, I'm English
|
If you just pop your name, address, DoB, and mothers maiden name in here, I'll sort it out for you.
__________________
Last edited by The Slim Reaper; 28-01-2021 at 05:13 PM. |
|||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 05:31 PM | #11 | |||
|
||||
Senior Member
|
The last 3 digits on the reverse of his debit card may help too
__________________
Last edited by AnnieK; 28-01-2021 at 05:50 PM. |
|||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 05:35 PM | #12 | |||
|
||||
Oh no, I'm English
|
Mancs when there is a potential con on the horizon...
__________________
|
|||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 05:47 PM | #13 | ||
|
|||
Senior Member
|
You probably shouldn't be using Windows if you can't tell what's secure or not
__________________
|
||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 05:51 PM | #14 | |||
|
||||
Senior Member
|
God loves a trier
__________________
|
|||
Reply With Quote |
28-01-2021, 08:23 PM | #15 | ||
|
|||
Senior Member
|
God, for someone obsessed with updating their antivirus software you don't half get a lot of viruses love.
|
||
Reply With Quote |
31-01-2021, 11:03 AM | #16 | |||
|
||||
Zumi Zimi Zami
|
it logged off on its own, i had to reconfirm password again
after asking me to make a back up, i never make back ups since i don't trust onedrive
__________________
Taking part in Strictly Jake's Tibb does Strictly Game. |
|||
Reply With Quote |
31-01-2021, 11:45 AM | #17 | |||
|
||||
Mode: Broken
|
Microsoft hates you.
|
|||
Reply With Quote |
31-01-2021, 11:47 AM | #18 | |||
|
||||
Zumi Zimi Zami
|
no
i'm sure they ask everyone with these back-up reminders but no need to log me off, but not really much trouble to log back in but i shouldn't need to anyway
__________________
Taking part in Strictly Jake's Tibb does Strictly Game. |
|||
Reply With Quote |
31-01-2021, 11:49 AM | #19 | |||
|
||||
Zumi Zimi Zami
|
also asking me to verify for my other devices, i don't have any other devices
so i am not doing that
__________________
Taking part in Strictly Jake's Tibb does Strictly Game. |
|||
Reply With Quote |
31-01-2021, 11:58 AM | #20 | ||
|
|||
Senior Member
|
Why don't you just disable onedrive then? Maybe you should take a computer literacy class.
__________________
|
||
Reply With Quote |
31-01-2021, 02:13 PM | #21 | |||
|
||||
Zumi Zimi Zami
|
because i don't want to mess too much about it, since i am not a computer nerd
__________________
Taking part in Strictly Jake's Tibb does Strictly Game. |
|||
Reply With Quote |
31-01-2021, 04:27 PM | #22 | ||
|
|||
Senior Member
|
You can literally Google any problem you have and you'll find info on fixing it. You don't have to be a nerd to figure out basic problem solving.
__________________
|
||
Reply With Quote |
31-01-2021, 04:43 PM | #23 | |||
|
||||
You know my methods
|
|
|||
Reply With Quote |
04-02-2021, 01:47 PM | #24 | |||
|
||||
Zumi Zimi Zami
|
had to verify again just now
maybe it has to do with my mail, more out of extra protection precautions idk not gonna seek anything behind it, or maybe my mail had an update? or microsoft itself did some security updates at their HQ
__________________
Taking part in Strictly Jake's Tibb does Strictly Game. |
|||
Reply With Quote |
04-02-2021, 01:48 PM | #25 | |||
|
||||
Zumi Zimi Zami
|
i did however need a lot of app updating in the store, maybe that is the reason
__________________
Taking part in Strictly Jake's Tibb does Strictly Game. |
|||
Reply With Quote |
Reply |
|
|