Windows 10: Have Windows ask for password or pincode at startup

Discus and support Have Windows ask for password or pincode at startup in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; Not sure if this goes here or in User Accounts etc. but it´s system security, so. I want my computer to ask for my pincode every time I start it up... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by Dim67, Jun 24, 2018.

  1. DIM67
    Dim67 Win User

    Have Windows ask for password or pincode at startup


    Not sure if this goes here or in User Accounts etc. but it´s system security, so.

    I want my computer to ask for my pincode every time I start it up and when it comes out of Sleep or Screensaver. When I Google this question I get 10 million hits on how to DISABLE the login password, but I need it ENABLED.

    But for some reason Windows wont let me.

    I can set a windows password or pincode in Settings- Login, but when I restart the PC it goes straight to desktop, skipping the login-screen.

    Please help, thanks.

    :)
     
    Dim67, Jun 24, 2018
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  2. GOFIGUREITOUT
    GoFigureItOut Win User

    Windows Startup password

    Is it possible to remove a startup password without being able to log into the system? A friend's laptop just prompt her today for a password that she never enabled. Now, she does have a standard user account password, but that doesn't work for the startup password. She had the computer for about a year now and it has never asked for a startup password until today.

    I tried to use Hiren Boot CD to run a diagnostic on the laptop, but it has a bsod. Windows 10 normal boot crashes as well
     
    GoFigureItOut, Jun 24, 2018
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  3. GOFIGUREITOUT
    GoFigureItOut Win User
    Windows Startup password

    Yes, I'm sure there wasn't a Microsoft account on the laptop. When I set it up, she didn't want one

    So I had to do a factory restore on the laptop. All boot methods would crash. I found out the owner was duped into giving a scammer access to her computer. That's how the startup password got set.

    See its not the same as the account login password prompt

    Thanks for the link! I will most definitely save it and use it when needed
     
    GoFigureItOut, Jun 24, 2018
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  4. AVEDIS53
    Avedis53 Win User

    Have Windows ask for password or pincode at startup

    Can't get GPU-Z to start with Windows 8.1 startup

    I'm not sure how to do that. Could you list the steps for a noob?
     
    Avedis53, Jun 24, 2018
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