Windows 10: How to Re-active Windows 10 Home with the same Users and Password/Pin

I came across by with removing one of my working 320GB Hard Drive that containing Windows 10 Home 64bit OS of my DELL Vostro 2520 that died out and no longer charging or working, So I kept the Hard Drive until I buy a second hand desktop motherboard that works and never used Gigabyte-F2A78M-HD2(Rev3.1) Micro-ATX for £14.99. Then I get the component I needed for the motherboard AMD A8-7600 3.8Ghz Max Turbo Processor Socket FM2+ and 1x8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Ram with two DDR3 slot on the machine only Support up to 64GB system memory. Once I finished gathering everything boot to the Hard Drive that contains the Windows OS and I still have my users and password on it. When I login at the start menu it says (You are running a non-genuine copy of Windows can put you at greater risk from viruses and other security threats.) But this was original Windows 7 Home OS until I upgraded for free Windows 10 from the updates that had ended on July 29th 2016. I went to check on setting for updates then the OS built version built 1603 I was using has never been updated for 3 years until last night I had to updated it immediately to it's latest version built 1903. I'm now using two machines that has the same Microsoft Account users and password to login for acer Aspire ES-15 Laptop and Gigabyte-F2A78M-HD2 Desktop and just need to reactive windows 10 but I'm having trouble connecting to the Windows Server to get my linked Windows 10 digital licence from my Microsoft Account.


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Have PIN for Windows 10 but need Windows password

Hi,

To set up a PIN on your Windows account, we suggest that you follow the steps below:

• Type the word pin in the search box and select
  Set up PIN sign-in.
  
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  Under the PIN section, click the
  Add button.
  
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  Enter the password for your user account, then click the
  OK button.
  
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  Follow the instructions on the screen.
  

Let us know how it goes.

 

Windows 10 Change password to pin

Hi Ana,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. I regret the inconvenience caused to you. Let me help you.



Please share the details.

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  Are you able to log in to your desktop?
  
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  Do you see any error code along with the error message?
  

I suggest you to go through the below steps and check if it helps.

Follow these steps to set up a PIN on your Windows User Account:

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  Press the Windows +S key combination to display the Search box.
  
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  Type the word pin into the Search box, then click
  Set up PIN sign-in.
  
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  Find the “PIN” section and click the Add button.
  
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  Type in the password for your User Account, then click the
  Ok button.
  
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  Select and enter a 4 digit numeric pin, then enter it again for confirmation.
  
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  Exit the PIN setup utility.
  

From now on you’ll be able to log in to your Windows account by entering your 4 digit PIN instead of your password.



You can change your PIN at any time by following the steps below:

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  Press the Windows +S key combination to display the Search box.
  
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  Type the word pin into the Search box, then click Set up PIN sign-in.
  
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  Find the “PIN” section and click the Change button.
  
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  Enter your Windows password, then click the
  Ok button.
  
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  Select and enter a new 4 digit numeric pin, then enter it again for confirmation.
  
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  Click the Finish button.
  
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  Exit the PIN setup utility.
  

Check if it helps.



I hope the information helps. Please keep us posted on the issue. We will be happy to assist you accordingly.

Thank you.

 

Current active users that are friends

The other reason I suggested this is that users can add characters to their username that are not alphanumeric (e.g. user*). This confuses things somewhat when looking at the list.