Windows 10: How to use Passwordless UX in Microsoft Account for faster sign-in

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The passwordless mode offers a convenient way to sign in to a user account. When you activate this module, you can sign in to your account using a method other than entering your account password. This method is immune to cyber attacks, such as a Brute-force attack. Hence, a passwordless sign-in is more secure than […]

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Passwordless Sign-in for MS account

On my desktop running Win10, 22H2, OS build 19045.2364 I'm the admin of the local account with no user accts. While I was reading one of Shawn's excellent tutorial's: Enable or Disable Passwordless Sign-in for Microsoft Accounts in Windows 10, I was hoping to find where to disable Passwordless Sign-in for MS accounts. I have it enabled because the sign-in screen into my Microsoft account lists "other sign-in options" (or something to those words). I also verified in the registry and netplwiz that its enabled. When selecting other sign-in options, a security key that I set up, first of all, disappeared all by itself recently. The security key is only one of two sign-in options for Passwordless sign-in that I ever set up. The other option was a Windows Hello PIN which I had up until this year but its no longer an option after I removed it myself. So where the problem comes in is after the authentication option using a security key is re-added, it ends up disappearing after about 24 hours later. When that happens, it leaves zero Passwordless Sign-in options to use (Windows Hello PIN was removed by myself in June). But Passwordless Sign-In will still remain enabled even though I can't sign-in Passwordless with any options. I'm left with signing in by using 2-step verification processes that I've had. Perhaps this is grasping at straws. I was thinking if there's a switch to disable Passwordless Sign-in to Microsoft Accounts that's turned off first, maybe then the security key can successfully be re-added permanently.

 

Passwordless Sign-in for MS account

Thanks Denis. Shawn was helpful in answering my question about whether or not disabling Passwordless Sign-In in Settings would help resolve this odd behavior recently with a FIDO2 security key. I've already reached out to Microsoft's Accounts department and also Yubico Support. They've both been unable to provide the needed help I've been seeking. ===================- There're several peculiarities that I've recently noticed when attempting to sign-in Passwordless using my FIDO2 Microsoft compliant security key. If "Sign-In Options" is selected first (which was what I had always selected first prior to this recent behavior), there is now a different prompt window which have different options to select. The screen message now reads: Use your Passkey for login.microsoft.com. The options that're given are also new where they say either to select: "External security key or built-in sensor", OR "a different device" Prior to this behavior it used to be that at the Microsoft sign-in screen, there was a link to click that read something to the effect: "sign-in with a security key or Hello PIN". After clicking that link, you would choose to select PIN or a security key, and then after selecting security key, you were prompted to insert key, enter the PIN, and touch the flashing light on the key. I could be wrong but changes may have been implemented by Microsoft. A Yubico support person sent me a screen shot of the same steps after selecting "Sign-in Options' at the sign-in screen that I'm now seeing. The link is now missing to click on to sign-in with a security key or PIN. So after selecting "Sign-In Options" now, you have to choose either "External security key or built-in sensor", OR "a different device". In my case though after clicking external security key or built-in sensor, I'll be prompted to insert the security key in the USB port, and following the remaining prompts, but then instead of being signed-in, an error occurs: Then after receiving the error, the security key will be removed as a verification option that had been set up in the advanced security settings. After performing some testing at the Microsoft sign-in screen, I added my Microsoft account email address first, and then on the following screen I selected "sign-in option". I found that after choosing these steps I was prompted to insert the key into the USB port, enter the PIN, and touch the key. This successfully signed me in to my account without an error. This isn't the solution I was seeking after but it does allow the use of Passwordless sign-in however with my key in both Edge and Firefox. I've not tested other browsers.

 

Cannot sign in microsoft account.

My device: Lumia 520. GDR2.
I cannot sign in my Microsoft account on my device. It didnt say any error but Microsoft account is not listed in Email and account list. When I click add button, it will show microsoft account option but after press sign in, it is still not shown in email
and account. Another problem is i cannot delete facebook account. Error code: 0x83cf1202. I have tried as suggested here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2475837/en-us#step0x83cf1202 but as my Microsoft account is not shown, I cannot do step 6.

Any suggestion?