My Microsoft account was deleted and I'm still logged in.

[theneutralcat]

I made a new account a while ago, (as I disliked the email address) but then realized I could just swich out my email, so I sent in a ticket for deletion.


Later, when the account came to be deleted, I went to sign in on my laptop and got the "choose an account" screen upon booting.

Then, suspisiously, the screen died and refused to come back. As one does, I restarted it as I assumed it would be fine and I could just log in again later.


Although, when I restarted the computer, it didn't ask me to sign in, it logged me in automatically... to a deleted account?

Whenever I try to change any account settings, I recieve the message "That Microsoft account doesn't exist. Enter a different account or get a new one."


How does one fix this?

Is there a way to remove an/this account from my laptop without resetting?

I'm considering factory-resetting it but sinse I bought the laptop from amazon with windows already activated I'm afraid I'll have to buy windows again.

Also, data loss can be considered.


I'm using the latest update (November 2019), which installed before I signed in.

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