Windows 10: How can I get into my computer it is suddenly asking for PIN instead of password?

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  1. How can I get into my computer it is suddenly asking for PIN instead of password?


    How can I get into my computer it is suddenly asking for PIN instead of password?I do not know my PIN - I tried but nothing is letting me in Keeps saying enter A1B2C3

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    Valerie Popeck, May 25, 2023
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  2. Windows 11 is suddenly asking for pin instead of password on startup.

    My Windows 11 is suddenly asking for a pin instead of a password on startup screen. I tried uninstalling updates through the Shift Restart and Advanced options process with no luck. Any advice on how to get back to login with my password?
     
    Francois Smit2, May 25, 2023
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  3. Windows 11 is suddenly asking for PIN instead of password

    HI,

    yesterday I went to my University and used my HP probook in the first two hours without any issues. Then I went to eat something and when I turned it on for the next class, it suddenly asked for a PIN instead of my password. To be honest I have never set up any PIN on the laptop, neither have I on the others. I pressed the "I forgot my PIN" but i was just redirected to the Picture you get, where you have to press a key and the pictures moves upwards so you get to enter your password, basically it is a loop. I checked my other laptop and below the "I forgot my PIN" it has "Sign-In-Options" this doesn't appear on the broken one.

    The "I forgot my PIN" is pretty sporadic, I tried entering a PIN and sometimes it appears and dissapears.

    I checked the forum and tried to uninstall feature Updates in the recovery Mode, I entered a really long key and then it says there is a problem and it can't be uninstalled, try Troubleshoot> Reset. I choose to keept personal Information, then I saw two more options, they only existed for less than a second and immediately dissapeared. It said a problem has occurred and it can't be done.

    Then I tried to enter to enter the safe mode, which didn't work either.

    To sum it up: I can't log in, because the Laptop is suddenly asking for a PIN that doesn't exist, instead of the password I always use.

    Edit: Sorry for my bad english, it is not my main language and I am in a bit of despair because all my work is on that Laptop....

    Edit2: I forgto to mention, that the first time it showed that PIN thing, i tried to solve it with a restart. I did a restart with updates about 2-3 times till the update thing dissappeared but the problem is still there
     
    ljkbgaf8934, May 25, 2023
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  4. How can I get into my computer it is suddenly asking for PIN instead of password?

    While starting up my computer instead of asking for password it suddenly demanded that i input a pin.

    When I came home and started up my computer it first asked me for my password and when I did it it suddenly demanded that "Your company has decided that you need a pin", it wasn''t in english so I'm roughly translating it. I had to input a new pin and check it, but i know for sure that I didn't go into my account settings and set it that i had to input a PIN.

    Now after I've dissabled the PIN through the settings it's back to normal, so I'm left wondering if it was an update, a virus??? or if it had to do with me downloading MS Teams yesterday and loging into my school account, though i don't know why that would change my settings on my computer, so that I must to input a PIN instead of a password.

    I put this under the Settings option, since that changed without my permission and knowledge.
     
    Teodor Rožej, May 25, 2023
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