I begin to lose my mind; MS Account is always SOMEHOW coming back?

[Mortadello]

Only this component makes it sneakily back in, and I lose my tamper .... How does that garbage come in, I have updates turned off and removed like 850components which do not AFAIK come back but only that sh*t.

Please help me, I really dont know what to do, I have removed it via ntlite a dozens of time already....

 

[nuhi]

Is it returned when installing cumulative updates, or even more frequently, then maybe deployed via Windows Store?

Try re-reading the C:\Windows after removing and reboot, is it still there? Component name please, just in case.

Also try Components - toolbar - App removal mode, switch to DISM+Custom for NTLite to be more aggressive, does that make a difference?

 

[Mortadello]

It is located under: Components -> Remote & Privacy -> Microsoft-Account

Is it returned when installing cumulative updates, or even more frequently, then maybe deployed via Windows Store?

more frequently, I just removed it together with some other stuff and only that thing comes back again..

Try re-reading the C:\Windows after removing and reboot, is it still there? Component name please, just in case.

I fear I do not understand what you mean by that, can you elaborate more precisely?

 

[nuhi]

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It is located under: Components -> Remote & Privacy -> Microsoft-Account

more frequently, I just removed it together with some other stuff and only that thing comes back again..

This ties to one thing, is component removed at first at all.

Meaning after being removed live (C:\Windows), after reboot reload the same target (C:\Windows), go to Components and see if it's there, without waiting. Just to first clarify if it is even removed/not detected to begin with, vs something returns it.

Other than Windows Store, another idea of a return could be background DISM or SFC actions, but that would be new.

 

[Mortadello]

yea i tried it all, it remains, Its fine I will let it there. its not big deal, 900~ components were removed successfully already so it wont make a deal.

but thanks stilL!

 

[nuhi]

Oh, I replicated the issue when you said the key "it remains".
What threw me off was the notion from the beginning that Windows returns it, but the actual report should have been worded "Microsoft Account cannot be removed or has leftovers".

Fixed in the next version, the Easy Transfer component was locking it.
Sending you an optional test version, releasing in a day or two.
Thank you.