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> Until they forget their password to Hotmail/Live/Outlook.com (whatever it's called) again.

There's no separate password. You log in to Microsoft/Live when you log in to your computer. If your computer is on, you have access to SkyDrive. If you forgot the password to unlock the whole computer, SkyDrive is not the top of your concerns.




I see, I misunderstood.

That's not too bad if done that way. Although I hope I don't get locked out by someone trying to log into my outlook account. It got to be so bad with Hotmail I only use it as an email for my Xbox account.


You used to be able to run a startup disk/startup CD to reset the administrator account password on most home PCs, though. That probably won't work as well when the account's in 'the cloud'?




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