Change Windows Login Name

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  1. Posts : 17,838
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       #11

    @adouble11

    As @Brink mentioned in the tutorial, you have to change your MS Account name online...
    (may take 24 hours to register)

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    Skype you have to do independently online as well...

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    Then you're set...

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  2. Posts : 8
    windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #12

    screenshot.pdf

    Link to my Skype screenshot
    Last edited by adouble11; 07 Dec 2017 at 10:32. Reason: add text
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  3. Posts : 8
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    Thread Starter
       #13

    Thanks Edwin, but I'm not given the option to change my name on Skype. It's synced with my Microsoft account. I read online that I need to unsync before I can change my name, however, it doesn't give me the option to unsync. I've also read somewhere that theres nothing I can do and I will have to create a different Skype profile entirely.
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  4. Posts : 1,773
    Windows 10 Home
       #14

    adouble11 said:
    screenshot.pdf
    Link to my Skype screenshot
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    Yours looks like the one from the Store which is the tile App (can't test, I uninstalled to avoid confusion). My version (screenshot, post 7) is 7.40.0.151 and I keep a separate one tied to my MS account that I use online by clicking Skype on msn.com homepage but your screener looks different from that too.

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    So, the Q still is, what version of Skype are you using and how do you open it, in browser, click tile or open program ?
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  5. Posts : 8
    windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #15

    I open from preinstalled apps on my laptop. And my profile is synced with my Microsoft account.

    I changed my name on my Microsoft account last night but it hasn't synced/updated on my Skype account.
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  6. Posts : 68,668
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #16

    adouble11, :)

    If you haven't already, you might see if resetting the "Skype" app back to default may force it to update your name when you set up Skype again afterwards.

    Reset App in Windows 10 Apps Features Tutorials
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  7. Posts : 8
    windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #17

    I figured it out. Had to go to the Skype website, edit profile and change it there. There's a 2nd "edit profile" button in the actual edit profile page that I must of missed previously.

    Thanks for everyone's help!
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