2 laptops weirdly synced. Any help greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I can't find this answer by searching, sorry.
My wife's DELL and my HP (mine is version 2014 OS Build 19041.685) are bizzarely synced/ linked in some way, and I cannot stop it.
When either of us adds or deletes a favourite, for example, it changes on the other computer.
They are registered with Microsoft accounts on different emails, and sync is turned off on both computers.
I'm completely at a loss as to what to try next. It doesn't help that I know nothing at all.

Thanks in advance,
C

Ah hah! I think there is an icloud account. I'll have a look at that. Thanks

Atomic1977 said:

hmm I never heard of this behavior before. But I do know that microsoft accounts can be linked across multiple devices.

Well, she has iCloud and I have OneDrive....

You dont say what browser you are using . Almost all browsers have a way to sync across any device . Firefox has their sync , chrome has theirs , Opera has theirs etc ...

vipergg said:

You dont say what browser you are using . Almost all browsers have a way to sync across any device . Firefox has their sync , chrome has theirs , Opera has theirs etc ...

Sorry, thanks. It's Chrome on both.

If they are both signed in under the same" Chrome" (Google) account then they will sync the bookmarks if the sync function is turned on . Check to see if both are logged into the "same" GOOGLE account and if sync is turned on . This is the only way bookmarks could be being duplicated across pc's . Microsoft accounts really have no bearing on Chrome function , only a google account with have any bearing . Look up into the right hand corner under the little person picture and see if they are logged into the same account .

vipergg said:

If they are both signed in under the same" Chrome" (Google) account then they will sync the bookmarks if the sync function is turned on . Check to see if both are logged into the "same" GOOGLE account and if sync is turned on . This is the only way bookmarks could be being duplicated across pc's . Microsoft accounts really have no bearing on Chrome function , only a google account with have any bearing . Look up into the right hand corner under the little person picture and see if they are logged into the same account .

Thank you