Windows 10: When will Microsoft wake up and get rid of this stupid PIN nonsense.

I repair computers for a living and for years I have battled with customers telling me that they don't have an email password. I go around in circles explaining to them that all email accounts have a password, now what is yours so I can solve your email issue? Now comes Microsoft with all it's brilliance and forces a PIN number on them and then makes that the default method to sign into the computer. Just like Outlook storing your email password, guess what happens, people lose sight of their password or become convinced they have no password, just a PIN. I am so da.^%fd sick of resetting passwords just to begin repairing a computer. Absolutely sick of it! When Microsoft? When will you do away with this nonsense? It's MADDENING!!!

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Microsoft Passport errors during PIN creation


Microsoft Passport errors during PIN creation

Source and more: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...g-pin-creation

 

Microsoft Account PIN and password

We appreciate the screenshot that you provided. to start troubleshooting the issue with you logins, we suggest that you follow the steps below on how login pin goes back to password:

• Click Start menu and go to Settings.
• In Settings, click the Accounts icon.
• Click on Sign-in options.
• Change both your password and pin one by one.

Let us know how it goes.

 

PIN at start up

Hi Scott,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I suggest you to follow the below steps how to Change PIN password:

• In the search box, type settings.
• Then Click on accounts.
• Then on the left hand side click on sign in options.
• Then you can Select Change PIN password and remove the pin.

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.