Windows 10: My PC that has Windows 10 says that it can't sign-in because too many failure attempts and...

Today, May 6th, 2025, I was going to work on my business to make designs for a client that I have. When I try to sign-in, it says "You'll have to wait for 2 hours because of too many failure attempts." I tried doing the "I forgot my PIN" option, but i forgot the Gmail of recovery and I can't change it. Right now, I'm writing this on my chromebook. I really need this to be fixed please help! It will be really appreciated

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Sign in failure

Hello IanMcCaffery,

Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community and providing us with the detailed description about the issue.

As per the description, I understand that you are experiencing issue with sign in failure after creating a new user account in Windows 10.

I certainly understand your concern and will try my best to help you.

This issue can be caused due to pending updates or corrupted user account. Let’s try to identify the actual cause and troubleshoot accordingly.

I would suggest you to check the following settings and may sure they are all aligned to the same languages and region:

• 
  Go toSettings
  > Time & Language > Region & Language.
  
• 
  Check the Country or region settings.
  
• 
  Check the Windows display language
  (set as English US) settings.
  
• 
  Then go to Settings >
  System > Speech.
  
• 
  Check the Spoken language
  (set as English US) settings.
  

If the above settings are correct and the issue still persists, then you may
convert the Microsoft account to a Local account and switch back to Microsoft account
and check if it helps. To do so, follow the steps given below:

Step 1:

Convert the Microsoft account to a Local account:

• 
  Sign in to your
  Microsoft account on Windows 10 Insider Preview.
  
• 
  Click Start and then PC settings.
  
• 
  Click Users and accounts and under Your Profile click Disconnect on the right of the screen.
  
• 
  Enter your Microsoft account's password, and click on Next.
  
• 
  Type in a Username, Password, and Password Hint that you want set for your Local account and click
  Next.
  
• 
  Click on Sign out and Finish button.
  

Step 2:

Switch back Local account to Microsoft account:

• 
  On the newly converted Local account, click Start and then PC Settings.
  
• 
  Click Users and accounts and under Your Profile click Connect to a Microsoft account.
  
• 
  Enter the Microsoft account ID and Password and click Next.
  
• 
  Choose if you want OneDrive as your default file saving location, click Next.
  
• 
  Click Switch.
  

The above steps holds good for Windows 10 as well.

Regarding the issue when you shut down your system it restarts,
I would suggest you to refer to the suggestions provided by
“Shahzaib S” replied on July 3, 2015 in the Microsoft Community link and check if that helps.

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The above steps holds good for Windows 10 as well.

I hope this information is helpful.

Please do let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Metro 2033 fails to work on windows 10!

I don't recall you mentioning any trouble shooting steps attempted though. At the very least, doing a quick search and checking threads like this very well may have solved it for you. It's listed as compatible on MS' list of games that work with W10 for a reason, because many if not most are able to get it running on W10. At least some level of workaround may be required, but some got it running without doing anything.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/7670/discussions/0/541907867762253418/