Windows 10: Microsoft Account Password Required At Startup

Discus and support Microsoft Account Password Required At Startup in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; My laptop has just started requesting my Microsoft Account password before it will complete the startup process. How can this password requirement be... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by Robert LDyer, Jul 1, 2020.

  1. Microsoft Account Password Required At Startup


    My laptop has just started requesting my Microsoft Account password before it will complete the startup process. How can this password requirement be removed?

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    Robert LDyer, Jul 1, 2020
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    Yes, I'm sure there wasn't a Microsoft account on the laptop. When I set it up, she didn't want one

    So I had to do a factory restore on the laptop. All boot methods would crash. I found out the owner was duped into giving a scammer access to her computer. That's how the startup password got set.

    See its not the same as the account login password prompt

    Thanks for the link! I will most definitely save it and use it when needed
     
    GoFigureItOut, Jul 1, 2020
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    Is it possible to remove a startup password without being able to log into the system? A friend's laptop just prompt her today for a password that she never enabled. Now, she does have a standard user account password, but that doesn't work for the startup password. She had the computer for about a year now and it has never asked for a startup password until today.

    I tried to use Hiren Boot CD to run a diagnostic on the laptop, but it has a bsod. Windows 10 normal boot crashes as well
     
    GoFigureItOut, Jul 1, 2020
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    Startup account/password issue

    I'm having an issue with Windows requesting a password when starting up my Windows 10 PC.

    I have all password requirements turned off (as discussed in various other posts)

    My Settings>Accounts>Family and other users show no other accounts to be active however the startup screen shows both my Microsoft account and another account under my name which appears to be a local account. It is this second "ghost" account which seems
    to be throwing up a password issue. Upon startup this ghost account throws up a password incorrect notice however if I select my Microsoft account I can log in just fine using that.

    Any suggestions on how to either remove this ghost account or just to solve the password requirement issue?

    Thanks,

    Chris
     
    ChristopherIngram, Jul 1, 2020
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