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  • M Mark_Wallace

    Bluddy skype on bluddy win 8! The only way to log in with a different account is by creating a new windows user with the ID/e-mail address/password of the other account. So if you have a personal account (paid for by you), a business account (paid for by them), and maybe a few project accounts issued by people you're doing contracts for (paid for by a different "them"), you have to create windows users for each, and log in to windows as the different users to use them! And having to use your windows credentials to log into a social media app has to present a security risk. Wanna get on a company's intranet? Just phish a skype account, and telnet in*. * D'you think that bit of hacking/phishing/virus-making advice will keep Bruno happy for a while?

    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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    Clodetta del Mar
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    Mark_Wallace wrote:

    log into a social media app

    ...

    Mark_Wallace wrote:

    present a security risk

    :confused: :doh:

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    • M Mark_Wallace

      Richard Deeming wrote:

      And if the "modern" version doesn't work for you, you could always uninstall it.

      I can't see it working for any business' security department -- that "phish & telnet" thing could actually work. Mind you, I don't think any businesses are using win 8 (including microsoft!), so it shouldn't be a problem.

      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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      Clodetta del Mar
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      they do... ;)

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      • M Mark_Wallace

        So I have to install the same bloated, grabs-and-keeps-100-meg-of-memory-at-boot program twice on the same machine? Besides, I'm actually looking for things that I can put on the start screen. Without skype, all I've got is the (cr)app store and a weather widget. Oh, and the goto_desktop button.

        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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        tgrt
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        That sounds like solid reasoning. :~ Seriously, the METRO version of Skype is minimalistic. I use the desktop version for some of the reasons cited as well as the fact it still has an API. It doesn't have to run at boot either.

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        • M Mark_Wallace

          Bluddy skype on bluddy win 8! The only way to log in with a different account is by creating a new windows user with the ID/e-mail address/password of the other account. So if you have a personal account (paid for by you), a business account (paid for by them), and maybe a few project accounts issued by people you're doing contracts for (paid for by a different "them"), you have to create windows users for each, and log in to windows as the different users to use them! And having to use your windows credentials to log into a social media app has to present a security risk. Wanna get on a company's intranet? Just phish a skype account, and telnet in*. * D'you think that bit of hacking/phishing/virus-making advice will keep Bruno happy for a while?

          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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          TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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          One can change the Microsoft account associated with a Windows user.

          If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
          You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
          Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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            Mark_Wallace wrote:

            log into a social media app

            ...

            Mark_Wallace wrote:

            present a security risk

            :confused: :doh:

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            Mark_Wallace
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            It's not the logging in, it's the credentials you use, which are the same credentials that give you access to the computer as a whole. As I said, if you manage to phish someone's skype log-in details, you can log in to the computer itself -- thereby gaining access to any connected network. I doubt that many companies' security bods would be happy with that. Anyway, I've uninstalled it, now, in favour of the desktop app (with different credentials), so I have only a weather widget and the (cr)app store on my start screen. What a fabulous replacement for the Start Menu it is!

            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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            • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

              One can change the Microsoft account associated with a Windows user.

              If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
              You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
              Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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              Mark_Wallace
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              Sure, but you then have to log into windows 8 with the credentials of that account.

              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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              • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

                One can change the Microsoft account associated with a Windows user.

                If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
                You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
                Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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                PIEBALDconsult
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                Or not have an email address associated with it at all.

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                • M Mark_Wallace

                  Bluddy skype on bluddy win 8! The only way to log in with a different account is by creating a new windows user with the ID/e-mail address/password of the other account. So if you have a personal account (paid for by you), a business account (paid for by them), and maybe a few project accounts issued by people you're doing contracts for (paid for by a different "them"), you have to create windows users for each, and log in to windows as the different users to use them! And having to use your windows credentials to log into a social media app has to present a security risk. Wanna get on a company's intranet? Just phish a skype account, and telnet in*. * D'you think that bit of hacking/phishing/virus-making advice will keep Bruno happy for a while?

                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                  PIEBALDconsult
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                  Oh. I thought Hillary was up to something again.

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                  • P PIEBALDconsult

                    Oh. I thought Hillary was up to something again.

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                    Mark_Wallace
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                    That would be century, not week.

                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                    • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                      I've had that problem with other Windows sites and services too... Outlook, Microsoft Virtual Academy, Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Support Center, Microsoft Profile... All linked to one account. Changed my email and I had to change them all (or sign in and out of my email, and on my tablet same as you) :( I hope I'll never need another Microsoft account again...

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                      Brady Kelly
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                      Try working on Azure, Visual Studio Online, SharePoint Online, and GMail, all with different accounts. And all at the same time, not a few hours alone with each.

                      No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde

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