Windows 10: After restoring my Ideapad Flex 5 to an earlier system restore, I am unable to log into the...

Everytime I enter in the correct PIN I get the following message "You credentials could not be verified." When I try the "Set up my PIN" function and enter password and text verification, it says sorry cannot setup PIN at this time and kicks me back to the "Enter the PIN" screen and I can't enter in the password as an alternative because there is no option to do so. I have tried logging into safe mode, reinstalling windows, and trying to use a local account to try to modify the Windows Hello settings but they still require the PIN that does not work because it could not be verified. Short of t

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how to restore to earlier date

Hi kathrynpadgett. I'm Reinald, an Independent advisor and a Windows user like you.

Here's how you can do a system restore:

System restore takes your PC back to an earlier point in time, Restore points are generated when you install a new app or driver, and when you create a restore point manually. Restoring won’t affect your personal files, but it will remove apps, drivers, and
updates installed after the restore point was made.

Kindly follow the step-by-step instructions below in doing the system restore:

1. Click "Start" (Window logo), type control panel, and then choose it from the list of results

2. In the Control Panel search box, type recovery.

3. Select Recovery > Open System Restore.

4. In the Restore system files and setting box, select Next.

5. Select the restore point that you want to use in the list of results, and then select Scan for affected programs.

If you want to check other Windows 10 recovery options, you can check the link below:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ph/help/12415/...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

 

How to delete inactive System Image Restore Points in System Restore

Windows 10 64-bit.
When I click "show more restore points" in System Restore I see a bunch of old "system image restore points" that were deleted in past and do not correspond to any currently active restore points. Clicking any of these old restore points, I simply get an error message saying they could not be found, and to select another restore point instead.I would like to delete these restore points listings but have been unable to do so.
So far, I have tried steps mentioned below without any luck :

Disk Cleanup through (C Properties
Disable System Protection (OFF and ON) in System Protection for OS (C
Disk Space Usage to minimum (slider button all the way to the left then 'Delete all restore points for this drive'),
Delete all shown Restore points in CCleaner (the problem ones do not show here),
Reset Windows Backup to Default in Windows 10 with 'Reset_Windows_Backup.bat' utility.

Any suggestions highly welcome.

 

Free hard disk space reduce after system restore

I clear the log from EventVwr.msc but it did not recover much hard drive space. So i try clearing the retore point. Now my free hard drive space is about 34.4GB as compared to 26.6GB after my system restore.
Anyway before i did a system restore. I did create a system restore point manually from system restore. Will the system restore point account for the lost free hard drive space?