Managing personal Outlook.com account settings, security, and privacy
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It seems that you are trying to recover your Microsoft account but cannot go further due to an error that account is not being recognized. Let us help you by providing the needed information to help address your concern timely.
By the way, as per description that you are trying to recover a college or school account. To recover your school account, you will need to reach out to your school administrator or I.T for further assistance. Resetting your password in Outlook.com page is applicable for personal Microsoft account.
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