I tried. It only changes the password for e-mail and other on-line things. The laptop does not seem to notice and that's more important to me. I often use the laptop offline.

I had this laptop and...

Yesterday and today I have restarted the laptop - still requires the old password. Is there anything else I should try, besides everything suggested?

Alternatively, is there a way to scrap...

I understand now; no, I haven't done a restart. I probably should have thought of that - last week, the latest Windows 10 was not installed after shut down-start after a few hours; I had to restart...

I have changed the password last week. Since then I have shut down the computer several times so the system had plenty of time to sync. I haven't done option 7, but will do next time.

Thanks

I tried to do option 6 but did not succeed, as the laptop and Microsoft account have different understandings of what an old password is. I have originally changed the password using the option in...

Thank you for the tip. I was not aware of the different kinds of accounts. It is a Microsoft account, not a local one. The Sync option is open, including passwords, but that still doesn't happen....

I have changed my laptop password last week, I have received an e-mail acknowledging the change but the laptop will only be opened with the old password. My Hotmail account, however, uses the new...