Windows 10 Sync Account Settings to Multiple Accounts

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Preface: All my accounts are Microsoft Accounts. And in Microsoft they have personal accounts and Work or School accounts. You can have a personal account be the same email address as a Work or School Account.

I first set up my PC with a personal @live.com account. Later I added another personal email account associated with my work. Then my work decided to adopt Office 365, creating a Work account with my same email address.

Because I initially started this computer with the @live.com account, everything is being synced to that account in the "Sync your Settings" section under accounts.

My problem is that I now have a new laptop and I want to sync my settings from @live.com but I dont want that account on my new laptop. I instead, want to use my personal work account.

How can I migrate my settings from @live.com to my personal @{work}.com account?

Or how can I sync to multiple accounts?

Krptodr

Posted 2018-04-12T14:16:20.060

Reputation: 11

For your personal computer I would highly reccomend using your personal account. It will save headaches down the road if you ever leave that job. – EBGreen – 2018-04-12T14:18:50.680

Thank you, however, I am Ok using a personal work associated email address account for this laptop. I just want my personal syncing settings moved to my personal work associated email address account. – Krptodr – 2018-04-12T14:21:15.070

You are more trusting than I am. My understanding is that even a personal email account that is through your employer can be locked by that employer. I'm happy to be wrong about that though. – EBGreen – 2018-04-12T14:24:20.720

@EBGreen they can not lock a personal account, but they can lock the Work account. – Krptodr – 2018-04-12T14:25:33.700

If you want to sync your settings between a work and personal account, it will involve, linking the account then unlinking it, and linking it to the other account. – Ramhound – 2018-04-12T15:39:13.890

@Ramhound you're exactly right. I did that and have finally come back to supply that answer to see your comment. – Krptodr – 2018-04-12T20:32:52.743

Answers

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I was able to solve this myself, by stumbling across an answer from Microsoft. I can't find the resource at this time but i'll keep looking and provide it later.

The steps I have taken were:

  1. Link your initial account (this should already be completed as it's your primary account).
  2. Switch to logging in as a local account.
  3. Add your secondary account (different from the primary)
  4. Configure Syncing on that secondary account.

When you switch to and from logging in as a local account, you maintain the profile settings from that primary account. So any additional accounts you add after the fact, will inherit those settings.

Krptodr

Posted 2018-04-12T14:16:20.060

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