Master
SubscriberHi All,
Since the recent April upgrade to Windows 10 I am experiencing a most annoying request on bootup to install a PIN for login rather than using the password. I do NOT want to use a PIN after a previous disaster which forced a Windows re-installation.
The problem is that the only way to get past this PIN request screen is to select "install PIN later". There is no option to stay with a password as in previous Windows versions.
I will not be forced by Microsoft to do something I don't want, so does anyone have any clues on how to stop this annoying message appearing at bootup. This morning I had to force stop the machine in order to get past it & it is very annoying.
Any information would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Lionel
Swaggie
SubscriberIf you go to Settings, then accounts, there is the option to change your password or add a PIN.
I wasn't game to press add but maybe you can delete it or put in 0000 . You must have added a PIN sometime in the past.
The only other way I know of is to start a new account , but then you lose all your favourites and contacts? ( not sure).
Regards Philip A
Master
SubscriberThanks for the reply.Originally Posted by PhilipA
Actually, the point of my post was that I do NOT want to set a PIN. The only option in Settings>Accounts>Login options is to set a PIN. BTW, I have never set a PIN up to this point with my current installation (re-installation after a disaster trying to use a PIN!).
I did see one suggestion to go ahead at the login screen & set a PIN, then later get into settings & cancel it, but another post said that they had tried this method & then found that the cancel option had gone from settings, so I am not prepared to take the risk.
It seems that since the April upgrade, Microsoft are forcing us to use a PIN for login, whether we want to or not. I strongly object to this!
Cheers,
Lionel
Swaggie
SubscriberWell I have 1805 and kept my password ,but you never know wit Microsoft .
Regards Philip A
YarnMaster
SubscriberMine upgraded this morning - nothing about now requiring a PIN.
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SysAdmin (Owner)
Yet to see anyone forced to use a pin
I do use one myself as i find it more convenient
Sounds like something is out of kilter to me
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Master
SubscriberGive it time! Mine took about 3 days before it started badgering me about installing a PIN!
Cheers,
Lionel
Master
SubscriberMmm. I can assure you that I'm not the only one complaining about this. There are at least 50 posts so far on various forums.
Unfortunately no-one has a sure-fire solution yet.
Cheers,
Lionel
Fossicker
I actually use it on one of my computers, and not on the other. I found the only way to stop being hassled (which I think is possible to ignore) was to add a pin and then go into settings and accounts and remove the pin. It hasn't started hassling me again since then.
SysAdmin (Owner)
i didnt say it didnt exist, just that i have never seen it on any windows 10 system, and i get to play with a few.
my experience tells me it is something misconfigured, and you have have prior problems with it, so you have history.
just make sure your microsoft account is upto date valid and working.
sign into it using a web browser
Microsoft account | Sign In or Create Your Account Today
then go into settings on your computer, look at sign in options and turn it on, then turn it off if you don't want to use it to login.
all the settings will be updated and that should be the end of it till something corrupts your settings again.
if you don't want to have a working microsoft account your able to do that too but you will be running a slightling crippled system.
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
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