Can you gain access to a Microsoft Account from a Local Account in Windows 10?

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When you are using an Administrator account, you can change other Local Accounts password in Control Panel and have full access to the account. However if it's a MS Account there is no option to do that.

Does this mean I can let other people using my PC with a Local Admin account, and not afraid of that my App Data from main MS Account can be leaked somehow?

I know that raw data stored in disk can be view, I'm just worry about people logging in my account and using app services that I already signed in, such as Windows Store, Office 365, ...

Hp93

Posted 2016-08-29T09:16:39.597

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1If you give them an Administrator account they can access the AppData folder to any user – Ramhound – 2016-08-29T11:30:28.317

The whole point of an Administrator account is that is is unrestricted. If you don't want other people accessing your data don't give them an Administrator account. – DavidPostill – 2016-08-29T12:51:17.927

I'm aware of raw data on disk like in AppData folder. Maybe I should change the question to something like "Is your email credential, the one that you used to create your MS Account, protected if you lost your laptop?" – Hp93 – 2016-08-29T15:30:19.720

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With local admin account the user can do anything, like install keylogger, auto screen captures, etc.

Like Ramhound comment - the user can grab cookies from your browsers and use it to steal your microsoft sessions

Yehuda

Posted 2016-08-29T09:16:39.597

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