Cannot sign in with a Microsoft account instead

[Lewes Block]

So I don't know if this has been posted anywhere before, but whenever I go to do the "Sign in with a Microsoft account instead" option on my Windows 10 pc, I go through the page asking to sign in using an email and a password, then it asks me to enter my old Windows password, and I enter that. Then it instantly moves on to a page saying "Oops something went wrong. Whatever happened, it was probably our fault. Please try again."

No matter how many times I go through this process, it always does the same things, if I click try again or start again. I upgraded to Windows Ten some time in January, and it still isn't working.

Sorry if this is a really stupid question or has a really simple answer, I just can't find an answer anywhere. Thanks for helping.

 

[Trouble]

The only time I've ever experienced this particular problem that was persistent and never went away, was self inflicted when I, in a hurry, associated a local user account (which I didn't notice, I had typo'd the spelling) with a Microsoft Account.
Afterwards, I noticed the spelling problem and created a new admin user (correctly spelled this time) and attempted to associate the new user with the same Microsoft Account.
I kept getting the "Oops" error.

I had to go to the typo'd user account and change that "Sign in with a local account instead" and rebooted and logged in with the corrected account with no typo and was then able to associate that account with the Microsoft Account.
I don't know if that fix was a fluke and unique to my situation or if it might be something that exists on your computer.
Just thought I would pass it along in the event that it might help.

 

[stevenw]

When clicking the "Sign in with a Microsoft account instead" link, make sure your PC is connected to the Internet. Another way is create a new local account, log in and click the same link to check if the problem still exists.

 

[Lewes Block]

Thanks for the help. Neither of the solutions you gave were working, but it seems that the reason it wasn't working was because I am part of a family thing with Windows, so I just need to remove myself off of that, do the sign in with mail instead thing, then re-add myself. I found this on another forum on here, https://www.windows10forums.com/threads/doesnt-work-sign-in-with-microsoft-account-instead.6726/
It is the bottom comment, made by Steve J-Jan 7th 2016.
Thanks again, all.