Windows 10: No text box available for pin at start up screen.

I turned on my computer for the first time today in two days. It tried recognizing my face and couldn’t, then it said my pin is required to sign in. There are two problems. One being there’s no text box to type in. No ease of access to fix this issue or choose password like before. Nothing. NOTHING. I’ve tried recovery mode and I have tried uninstalling most recent updates. I cannot boot it to most recent installation as it does not exist. I have tried a custom installation and that doesn’t work for me for a slew of reasons. I have tried it all. I have tried an on screen keyboard which doesn’t

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Remove "Availability: available offline" in details pane and text box

Hi,

As of now, the option to remove the available offline
text box is not available. To help our developers better improve our services, we recommend that you send us your suggestions using Windows Feedback app. Here's how:

• Click Search/Cortana.
• Type Windows Feedback and then press Enter.
• Follow the on-screen instructions.
  

Let us know if you have any other concerns.

 

PIN at start up

Hi Scott,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I suggest you to follow the below steps how to Change PIN password:

• In the search box, type settings.
• Then Click on accounts.
• Then on the left hand side click on sign in options.
• Then you can Select Change PIN password and remove the pin.

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

 

Pinning .msc Items to "Start".

I just typed gpedit.msc into the search box and when it showed in the results
rightclick/ pin to start

(running classic shell)