Windows 10: Cannot sign in to windows 10

When I started up my laptop today (running Windows 10), the first screen asks for my Password. I had been signing in with a PIN, not a password, and don't recall ever using a password, so now I am unable to get past the sign in screen. I do not have a password reset disk and do not relish going through a fresh reinstall of Windows 10.
Any help would be appreciated.

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Cannot sign in to Windows Store in Windows 10

Hello,

You should first try switching to Microsoft account using this approach and then sign in to Store:

[How To] Switch To Microsoft Account From Local Account And Revert Back

Hope this helps. Good luck

 

Cannot sign in to Windows Store in Windows 10

I've searched the internet and all the Windows "support" sites with no solution. I tried all the "Create a new account" options but this did not work for me either. As a matter of fact, I can't sign in with any other account nor can I create another
account. I get the dreaded (and very informative) "Something went wrong" error with no error code or any other indication of what may be causing the problem. I was signed in when I had an issue downloading an app, so I signed out and attempted to sign back
in and it won't let me. All I get is the error mentioned above. When I try to create a new account or login using a different Microsoft Account from the Add a Microsoft Account link, I get "Something Went Wrong" and cannot proceed. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

 

Hello nculbert, and welcome to Ten Fourms. *Smile

A password is required to be able to use a PIN for your account.

Do you have a Sign-in options link under the password field to click on?

If so, you should be able to click on it to select to sign in with your PIN instead.

*Arrow Sign in to Windows 10 Windows 10 User Accounts Tutorials