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After logging in, you can fully secure the account by adding your own recovery options and removing the old ones.
All optional. The account works fine as-is. Do this if you want full ownership.

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Add Your Own Email

1

Go to Security Settings

Open account.live.com/proofs/manageYou may need to verify with 2FA (use zyger.net as usual)
2

Add Email

Click “Add a new way to sign in or verify”Select Add emailEnter YOUR personal email (Gmail, etc.)
3

Verify

Microsoft sends a code to your email. Check inbox, copy, paste back.
Now you have backup. You can recover the account via your own email.

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Add New Alias (Optional)

Add a new email address you can log in with:
  1. Go to account.live.com/AddAssocId
  2. Click Add email
  3. Choose “Create a new @outlook.com” OR “Add existing email”
  4. Follow verification
You can set it as primary alias if you want to log in with it.

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Remove Old Security Email (Optional)

Add your own email FIRST. Don’t remove all recovery options.
  1. Go to account.live.com/proofs/manage
  2. Find the Security Email (@domain.com)
  3. Click Remove

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Regenerate 2FA (Optional)

Generate a new Secret Key that only you have:
This invalidates the old Secret Key. Only do this if you want to replace it.
1

Remove Old 2FA

Go to account.live.com/proofs/manageFind Authenticator app, click Remove
2

Add New 2FA

Click Add a new way to sign inChoose Use an appSave the new Secret Key somewhere safe

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Done!

The account is now fully yours with your own recovery options. The old credentials no longer work.