Password for local account tied to hotmail logon account?

Windows uses the short name bubba for your MSAccount-linked user account. It is still your MSAccount [Hotmail in your case]. You are not dealing with a separate user account. If you enter the command

Code:

net user bubba

you'll see in its detailed results the Full name entry and that will be the full name you originally used when setting up your Hotmail account.


If your Hotmail account's password is not being accepted then that is a procedural limitation with Task scheduler or there is an unusual fault on your computer.
- Since bubba is the only account, it must be an Admin account.
- You can test that from

right-click on Start button,
Windows PowerShell (Admin).
The dialog that appears just makes you click on a Yes button and does not make you enter a password. This is what proves your account is an Admin one.

- If you are going to be altering things in Task scheduler, start it as Admin

Start button,
Windows administrative tools,
right-click on Task scheduler,
More,
Run as Admin,
Click Yes on the Admin prompt that appears.

- When started this way, TS will accept bubba's password.

Denis

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And another thing. User accounts can get corrupted. It is a lot easier to resolve matters if you can still log in to an Admin account so make one or two spares & make them local to keep things simple.

Create one or two additional [spare] local, password-protected Admin accounts & write their passwords down somewhere secure yet readily accessible.
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I create two spare Admin accounts
1 To use during troubleshooting or other investigations where I might end up giving myself additional access permissions.
2 Unused, pristine. User accounts only seem to get corrupted in use so you can be pretty confident that an unused one will be there to rescue you in the future.

Writing down their passwords is as effective as & is a lot cheaper than making 'Password reset disks' [which are only for local accounts anyway]. I always write user account passwords down on a piece of paper that I keep inside one of those dog nametag cylinder things attached to my main keyring -

Here's a [UK] link for some example ID tags https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pet-Barrel-.../dp/B00DEB1JVQ There are lots of available choices but I bought ones that, like these, have a slot in the bottom for me to swing off so I can be confident they won't come apart accidentally while I'm out & about.