Windows 8.1 and Gmail

Published on November 17, 2014 By kona0197 In Personal Computing

So when I setup Windows 8.1 on my new laptop it wanted an email to use with Windows, and it had to be a Microsoft email. So out of curiosity I tried my Gmail addy and the system says it's a MS email. I know in the past I did something that made my Gmail addy a MS account, I linked something, but I can't remember. Is there a way to separate the two so that Gmail is NOT associated with Microsoft?

Comments

Phoon

on Nov 17, 2014

FYI .. you don't have to set it up with an MS account at all.

Just tell it you don't have one (by selecting Create a new account) and on the next screen you will have the option to use a local account. (Sign in without a Microsoft account option)

moshi

on Nov 17, 2014

look here:

https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions?pli=1

if it's not there then it's not connected, but just a string of letters and numbers in MS's database.

kona0197

on Nov 17, 2014

Thanks. Now I just need to learn how to setup 8.1. So far I'm setting it up so I never have to see that asinine start screen.

kona0197

on Nov 17, 2014

OK, that link you gave me says Gmail is not connected to Microsoft. However, Windows still says my Gmail is a MS account and can be used like a MS account on Windows 8.

StevenRLynchAbundanceThatIAM

on Nov 18, 2014

Although I don't have Windows 8, I have a "Microsoft Account" associated with Skype that is a non-MS email address. Maybe it's something like "associated with Windows 8" when they refer to "Microsoft Account".

kryo

on Nov 18, 2014

You may have created a Live account using your Gmail address in the past?

kona0197

on Nov 18, 2014

Yeah, I did. Now how to get rid of it?

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