Changing an account name

I wanted to down load some solitaire games from Microsoft and of course they made me sign up for an account but since I don't have a Live or Hotmail account it allowed me to use my Gmail account. before I new it it had change my user name on the computer and now it seems like there is no way to change it back. I set up another administer account to change the name the name back to my original user name but I'm not able to do that. Any help out there????

Ah what has happened is that it moved you from a local account ot a email account.
This article should give you all the info you need.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/win...in-windows-81/
Substitute the microsoft live account for your gmail account

Thanks Ferrit
It's little things like this that make Win 8 so frustrating

It's merely the way things are going. Putting everything into 1 nice package.
Google Drive does the same sorta thing except online. 1 account for everyt5hing including email.
It's also to simplify things across desktop, laptop, tablet, phone.
Change is always met with resistance

In order for them to be able to sell your personal info, they need to keep track of who and where you are, and what you're doing. ;)

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Originally Posted by SpywareDr

In order for them to be able to sell your personal info, they need to keep track of who and where you are, and what you're doing. ;)

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Hehehe too true

:)