Windows 10: I am locked out of my laptop with no options to get back in.

Windows 11 PIN issues. I had no issues logging onto my personal laptop this morning. It went to sleep while I was on my work laptop. The next time I tried to log on, my PIN number was automatically entered I had no opportunity to do so...and I haven't forgotten it as many times as the system would allow and then a challenge phrase popped up. The challenge phrase doesn't work it tells me it is incorrect and just takes me in the same loop of not being able to manually enter my pin and the challenge phrase not working. If I turn on the number lock to use my 10-key I get an infinite string of

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Best laptop under $800??

Well the last one I suggested seems to be the best for 650$

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Lock Screen Image Too Big

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

• Is this issue occurs only when the pictures are set from OneDrive?

I suggest you to set the picture for the lock screen using the default lock screen pictures and check whether the issue persist or not, follow the below steps to set the pictures.

• Go to “settings” and click on “personalization”.
• Under “lock screen” tab, select the option from the drop box as “picture”.
• Then under “choose your picture” option, click on any picture and go to the lock screen, check whether the issue persists or not.

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

laptop doesnt boot automatically

This is what happened.

1. Did a repair install and later disabled hibertnate in CMD.
2. Enabled legacy option ROM in BIOS.
3. After a few times startup ( i used the system in such mode for 5 days), changed boot option back to default.
4. Vola!! It boots automatically to win10 without any keypress. Tested it with many starts to confirm the same.
5. Re-enabled hibernate option using CMD and later selected Fast Startup.
6. System booted normally, without the need for any keypress.

I do not know exactly whether such steps resolved the problem or what else happened, hence cannot suggest above steps.

Many thanks to all members who helped to troubleshoot problems.