Solved Concerning activation and Microsoft user ID

25 years ago, when I first started using Windows, I had one email service. So I registered Windows with my userid@1stemail.net. Later I got another email service with a different carrier, so I have 2 email accounts now, both registered with Microsoft. I will be cutting the first email service off sometime in the summer in favor of a much faster and cheaper City fiber optic service.

My question is: does Microsoft really care whether or not you have the carrier your email says you have? As a precaution, I have the second email account set as a recovery for the first account.

What I'm afraid of is if Microsoft does verify your email carrier and it's suddenly gone, everything I have on my PC tied to the first account won't be accessable and I'll have to start over again if I use the second email userID account.

Or am I just paranoid?

You should be able to go online to your Microsoft account, and change the primary alias to your desired email account.

All the info below should be correct:

To change your primary email address for a Microsoft account, you can add an alias and then make it your primary. You can also use a guided support tool to change your email address.

Change your primary email address

1. Go to the "Manage" page in your Microsoft account
2. Click Add Email or Add Alias
3. Enter the email address you want to use
4. Click Make primary

Change your default email account

1. Select File > Account Settings > Account Settings
2. Select the account you want to use as the default account from the list of accounts on the Email tab
3. Select Set as Default > Close

Change your email address using a guided support tool

1. Go to Contact Microsoft Support
2. Enter your problem and select Get Help
3. Select Contact Support to be routed to the best support option

Useing aliases
You can use any of your aliases to sign in to Microsoft services or your Windows and Xbox devices. All your aliases share a single password.

rzn6jw said:

What I'm afraid of is if Microsoft does verify your email carrier and it's suddenly gone, everything I have on my PC tied to the first account won't be accessable and I'll have to start over again if I use the second email userID account.

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You can change the email you use for the account at any time.


You can add multiple emails, and remove ones that you no longer use.

rzn6jw said:

As a precaution, I have the second email account set as a recovery for the first account.

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For that, you need to change your recovery email address to something else or even better add your phone as your recovery method in your MS account online so you are able to get a text message if you ever need to recover..

As always, thank you all very much for your time and help. Very much appreciated!!