Windows 10: I have a Win10 and a new Win11, "The password you entered for your device is incorrect,...

I have a Win10 Home Single Language 64-bit and a new Win11 Home Single Language 64-bit, Problem is I can't login mg microsoft credentials on my new machine. its prompting "The password you entered for your device is incorrect, Please try again."

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The password you entered for your device is incorrect

My hard drive failed and had to get a new one with a fresh install of Windows 10. When I try logging into my Microsoft account it has me enter the user ID then password then asks for my current password again... Every time it gives me the error "The password
you entered for your device is incorrect. Please try again."



I tried via the web and I'm entering the correct id/password, but I can't get into windows 10.

I Googled and the only thing I found was from four years ago if upgrading from Windows 8...which suggested a fresh install. I can't reinstall as I have no disks. I checked and windows is updated to the most current patches.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Locked out of device (new password required)

Thanks for the rapid response!

Fortunately, after leaving the device off for about 30 minutes and then booting it, I was able to unlock the device.

I am a little perplexed though.

I'm 100% sure I entered the correct 5 digit password in the "current password" field when receiving the "incorrect password format" message. If I entered the wrong password yesterday I was prompted with "incorrect password" but if I entered my correct password
I was prompted with "incorrect password format".

Of course, being 100% certain is different to being right so it is possible that this was a case of "human error" -- and that's putting it kindly; maybe I am going mad after all?

I've spent a little time this morning trying to reproduce this myself (and somehow reclaim my sanity):

1) I added an exchange account. I was then prompted to enter a minimum 5 digit code. I entered "24224".

2) I then deleted the account and was prompted to enter a 4-digit code.

3) After some time I finally entered "24224" in the 4-digit password-prompt as my current password and "1234" as the new password. This successfully changed the password.

2.1) Here's the odd thing though. Before getting to step 3, I intenionally entered the wrong password to see what would happen.

2.2) After entering an incorrect password ("1234") I was prompted with "incorrect password" as you would expect.

2.3) I then tried entering an incorrect password ("1234") and entering the new password with 5 digits not four ("12345"). I was prompted with "Incorrect password format Here are the requirements for your password: - Your password must be 4 digits long."

Please note, yesterday the "incorrect password format" text did not include any information as to what was wrong with the format.

2.4) I then tried entering the correct password ("24224") but with a new password of 5 digits not four ("12345"). Again, I was prompted with "Incorrect password format Here are the requirements for your password: - Your password must be 4 digits long." as I'd
expect.

As stated yesterday, the "incorrect password format" text did not include any information as to what was wrong with the format.

2.5) I then finally entered the correct password ("24224") and a new password of 4 digits ("1234"). The password was successfully changed and access granted to the device. This step is the same as step 3.

Okay, so in step 2.1 I say "here's the odd thing though". What is odd is that at no point in my latest attempts to reproduce my issue did I see text "incorrect password format" without any accompanying text (e.g. "Incorrect password format Here are the requirements
for your password: - Your password must be 4 digits long."). When I saw "incorrect password format" yesterday, there was no explanation as to what was wrong with the format.

Right, well, I've waffled on for a long time now. I hope this might help anyone else who has the same problem. And perhaps, if you have other reports of this issue, it might help. It would be good to know if this is a bug or just comical human error on my part.

Incidentally, in the link you posted, it states that after some time a message will prompt that the device is locked and requires a PUK code. I spent about 1 hour trying to unlock my device yesterday. I'm certain I entered a password at least 6 times; maybe
more. Is there some way of hard resetting the device if the user is truly locked out for good and doesn't see a PUK code dialog?

Thanks for your support!

Regards,

Mark

 

Win11 Can't start Device Manager as Administrator in Win+x menu, can in Win10; intentional?

Background: Main / local account is 'Standard', and a separate Administrator account is enabled with password, for admin tasks. UAC is set to 'Max'.

Win+x opens the Power User Menu, of which Device Manager can be accessed.

• In Win10, if you hold Ctrl+Shift when you click Device manager, it starts as Administrator.
  
• In Win11, Ctrl-Shift doesn't work, and you can't run as Administrator.
  

Workaround: To run Device Manager as Administrator, either:

• Start an elevated command prompt (Win+R, cmd, Ctrl-Shift-Enter), then run devmgmt.msc
  
• Start directly (Win+R, devmgmt.msc, Ctrl-Shift-Enter)
  

It is a massive issue for us because all our client machine logins are now mandated to be 'Standard' (non-Administrator) users, and we still need to be able to do Admin tasks easily.

This is a major productivity killer. Is it intentional, and if so why, and can it be overridden? Is it a design philosophy change in Win11?

Thanks.

[posted on elevenforum.com, no solution there]