Windows 10: Login changed from PIN to password, No option to change back to PIN
Discus and support Login changed from PIN to password, No option to change back to PIN in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; A Window update today has locked me out of Windows 10. Was using a PIN to log in. Now it wants a password. Anything I try comes back as incorrect. On... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by JimT, Dec 29, 2020.
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