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2-Jun-17 1:47

Setting up the wife's laptop and am up to installing Office 365. So I sign in to her Microsoft Account (only used to install Office) and it is telling me that it has been suspended as it was used to send a lot of spam or something else that isn't good.

Bullshite, she hasn't received any warnings to her actual email and I have set a stupidly long password that is not a word.

They now want a phone number to send a code too. I'd rather suck a dog off than give a phone number online. All Microsoft accounts, Gmail accounts, Banks and everything else don't have a phone number associated with it.

I have just setup a 2nd Microsoft account for myself a bit earlier and it didn't require a phone number.

Anyone know how I can get past this and get her Microsoft account back up and working or do I need to ignore it and create another account for her?

Michael Martin
Australia

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David Crow2-Jun-17 1:53

David Crow

2-Jun-17 1:53

Michael Martin wrote:
...(only used to install Office)...

Michael Martin wrote:
...or do I need to ignore it and create another account for her?

Sounds like you have your answer.

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CDP18022-Jun-17 2:34

2-Jun-17 2:34

Could you not wait a little. I wanted to see if he pulls through that number with the dog.

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Ron Anders2-Jun-17 2:43

Ron Anders

2-Jun-17 2:43

Wouldn't you just like to reinstall from your office from your CD?

Not exactly 365 now is it?

I'm really anti-cloud for this reason. That on any day, for whatever reason, at the most inconvient time, you won't be able to get at what's rightfully yours because you let it someone else hold it for you.

CDP18022-Jun-17 3:00

2-Jun-17 3:00

Ron Anders wrote:
I'm really anti-cloud for this reason. That on any day, for whatever reason, at the most inconvient time, you won't be able to get at what's rightfully yours because you let it someone else hold it for you.

Yes, besides that it is a little silly that we once had terminals for mainframes, then microcomputers, then PCs and workstations with ever growing resources. And now that those computers could eat those old mainframes for breakfast we have no better idea than to use them as terminals for the reinvented mainframes.

lopatir2-Jun-17 4:31

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2-Jun-17 4:31

CDP1802 wrote:
Yes, besides that it is a little silly that we once had terminals for mainframes, then microcomputers, then PCs and workstations with ever growing resources. And now that those computers could eat those old mainframes for breakfast we have no better idea than to use them as terminals for the reinvented mainframes.

Absolutely spot on, only thing that's changed it what the bits are called.
Much cheaper for companies to put a new sticker on an old item and sell it as "the latest" than actually give us something new. Hell microsoft gave us a text editor albeit called visual studio code with fancy ~~macros~~ "plug-ins" ... give it a year or two and they might add a gui (called something else) to it: viola, another new brand new product.

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Michael Martin2-Jun-17 3:05

2-Jun-17 3:05

Ron Anders wrote:
Wouldn't you just like to reinstall from your office from your CD?

Not exactly 365 now is it?

I'm really anti-cloud for this reason. That on any day, for whatever reason, at the most inconvient time, you won't be able to get at what's rightfully yours because you let it someone else hold it for you.

It is Office 365 as mentioned in the original post. The CD/DVD would be good except for all the follow up updates to download and install.

Until now Office 365 Home Subscription has been pretty painless through multiple installs and renewals.

So I probably should have been waiting for Microsoft to faarrrkkkk me over.

Kunal Chowdhury «IN»2-Jun-17 2:43

Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

2-Jun-17 2:43

Hi Michael,

I hope, you are talking about Office 365 account. In this case, you need to contact the Office 365 support to re-enable her account. If you have admin account, you could probably try resetting her credential in Office 365 admin portal, but I doubt, it will give any fruitful result.

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Michael Martin2-Jun-17 2:58

2-Jun-17 2:58

Kunal Chowdhury «IN» wrote:

I hope, you are talking about Office 365 account. In this case, you need to contact the Office 365 support to re-enable her account. If you have admin account, you could probably try resetting her credential in Office 365 admin portal, but I doubt, it will give any fruitful result.

It is a Microsoft account that is used to access/control an Office 365 Home Subscription to allow me, wife, son and daughter to use Office on our computers. I doubt there will be an Admin Portal available.

I have given access to the subscription to each of their Microsoft accounts for installation. This should be a no issue slam dunk installation but Microsoft just want to faarrrkkkk things up for sh*ts and giggles.

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2-Jun-17 3:06

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CDP18022-Jun-17 3:23

2-Jun-17 3:23

Thanks for reminding me. My harddisk has not died yet, but I'm going to boot it from a stick and try some stuff out.

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Michael Martin2-Jun-17 3:47

2-Jun-17 3:47

N_tro_P wrote:
2 factor authentication or Fiddo busting a nut?

We already have 2 factor authentication, what do you think the alternative email address is for? The phone number requirement is just something Microsoft want, not need.

N_tro_P wrote:
Not usually a question most have to ask themselves.... I guess people are right. Many of us live in a bubble.

You'll have to let me know what it's like in there.

lopatir2-Jun-17 4:48

lopatir

2-Jun-17 4:48

Michael Martin wrote:
The phone number requirement is just something Microsoft want, not need.

Yup, so they can twatter you with pictures and offers for their next new microshite mobile phone
(that'll have windope 10 on it so they can track everywhere you go, everyone you call, and how many non microslut devices attached to the same wifi - completely innocent of course: to give you a better experience.)

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Basildane2-Jun-17 3:43

Basildane

2-Jun-17 3:43

That's why I run my own services at home (Exchange for email).

If the world is forcing EVERYTHING to the cloud in the future, including the ability to open your garage door, your house, your security, your car, then I'll be on the next mission to Mars.

The "evil empire" is desperately trying force everything to the cloud so they can spy on you and control your personal lives and information.

Homey don't play that.

Basildane2-Jun-17 3:52

Basildane

2-Jun-17 3:52

> I'd rather suck a dog off

Yes, that's what Facebook is for.

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz2-Jun-17 4:32

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2-Jun-17 4:32

You could setup a Google Voice number and forward messages from that to your "real" number. Then close the Google Voice number.

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theoldfool2-Jun-17 4:37

theoldfool

2-Jun-17 4:37

Well, I would say that it is their chalk and their blackboard so they call the shots. They are not the only ones. There are alternatives.
Typically, they want to send you a code via text. I use Google Voice for such things. Easy to turn forwarding on and off, great for screening all phone stuff.

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Michael Martin2-Jun-17 5:11

2-Jun-17 5:11

theoldfool wrote:
Well, I would say that it is their chalk and their blackboard so they call the shots. They are not the only ones. There are alternatives.
Typically, they want to send you a code via text.

So why is this not required for both of my and both of my kids Microsoft accounts, they are all happy with my ISP email address as the only alternative.

theoldfool wrote:
I use Google Voice for such things. Easy to turn forwarding on and off, great for screening all phone stuff.

You're the 2nd person to mention this, I will have to look in to this later today.

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CDP18022-Jun-17 2:37