Multi-pronged question:
Background -- I was given two Toshiba notebook computers by a friend who managed to screw them up beyond belief, blamed it all on the computers, and migrated to an Apple because that's what his kids use, so they can (supposedly) support him. One of the computers he gave me started off as Windows 8.1, he (apparently partially) upgraded to Windows 10, and to get it working I did a full system recovery and restored it to the OEM out-of-the box Win 8.1 configuration. The older of the two was originally Windows 8, and that's what was on it when he gave it to me. I also did a system recovery/restore on that one, then upgraded it to Windows 8.1.
I have an old Hotmail account, so I used that for my Microsoft account when setting up both of the (now) Windows 8.1 machines.
Problem #1: Since I set them up, something happened to my Hotmail account and I had to change the password. I can't change it back to what it was when I set up the computers because Microsoft won't allow me to use a password I've used previously. I had set up the two Win 8.1 computers to boot directly to the desktop, but now they stop at the log-in screen and tell me the password is incorrect. I enter the current password for the Hotmail account and the computer then proceeds. How can I get rid of that log-in? I would like to not have any password associated with booting up the machine. If there has to be a password, how can I fix it so the password the computer expects is the same as the current Hotmail account password?
Problem #2: The newer of the two freebie notebooks is newer and more powerful than anything I owned, so I'm going to keep that one. The retired pastor from my church needs a computer and I'd like to give him the older of the two freebies. How can I switch it around so he is the primary user? Do I create a user profile for him and then delete me as a user? Can I make it so it skips the password log-in for him, or does there have to be a password associated with each user?
Problem #3: I have a family pack (one license, good for 3 computers) of Microsoft Office 2010, Home & Student Edition. One install is on the computer I want to give to the pastor. I don't want to give away the license, because I'll be setting up a new computer soon and I need the license for myself. I can set the pastor up with Libre Office, and if he wants to buy MS Office he's on his own. How can I deactivate the license on this computer before I uninstall the Office software?
Thanks.