Windows 10: PIN - Add in Windows 10 Mobile Phones

How to: PIN - Add in Windows 10 Mobile Phones

How to Add a PIN to your Windows 10 Mobile Phone


Information You can create a PIN (Personal Identification Number) to use in place of passwords. Having a PIN makes it easier to sign in to your phone, apps, and services.

This tutorial will show you how to add a PIN to your Windows 10 Mobile phone.



Note In Windows 10 Mobile, when a user enters their PIN code wrong four times, the user will be prompted with a new screen asking them to enter the challenge phrase "A1B2C3." The user is not given another attempt at the passcode until the this challenge phrase is entered, effectively putting a stop any future accidental or purposeful attempts to enter it wrong. If the user were to enter the challenge phrase correctly and proceed to incorrectly enter the wrong PIN once more, the phone will lock and require a restart.


EXAMPLE: Sign in with PIN on Windows 10 Phone






Here's How:

1. Open Settings, and tap on Accounts. (see screenshot below)



2. Tap on Sign-in options. (see screenshot below)



3. Tap on the Add button under PIN. (see screenshot below)



4. Enter your Microsoft account password, and tap on Save. (see screenshot below)



5. Enter at least a minimum 4 digit PIN number you want, and tap on OK. (see screenshot below)



6. You have now added a PIN to your phone.

7. Select when should your Windows 10 phone require you to sign in again under Require sign-in. (see screenshots below)



8. If you like, tap on the Start button at the bottom of your phone to go back to your Start screen. (see screenshot below)






That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Remove PIN from your Windows 10 Mobile Phone
• How to Change the PIN on your Windows 10 Mobile Phone
• How to Reset the PIN on your Windows 10 Mobile Phone
• How to Lock your Windows 10 Mobile Phone Online

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Supported phones for Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview


Your list confirms my phone is eligible, Lumia 521. The windows Insider App fails after ~ 15 seconds, restores data and gives me error 80073cf9. I trouble shot this and went thru all the steps mentioned on several websites including MS without any luck. Short of a hard reset, this is where I am now. Suggestions appreciated.

 

Device Encryption - Turn On or Off for Windows 10 Mobile Phone

thanks for the tip. yes, the phone did ask if I wanted to set a pin. I tried my tests with the pin set and without a pin set. no difference.

it took a while, but I finally got this new update installed.

alas, same pathology:

• with a local Device Encryption toggled On, no dialog, no change in Storage status
• with an activesync policy from Google Sync (Google for Work), the Requires Encryption policy is ignored by the device, so the toggle remains Off, yet the device seems to be reporting back to the server that encryption is activated because the data is syncing with the servers
• with a native Office Enterprise that has a Requires Encryption policy, the settings toggle is moved to On and greyed out so the user cannot disable, the data is syncing immediately, yet the Storage settings do not indicate that the device is encrypted.

last thing. with windows 8.1r2, the Office Enterprise did seem to set the encryption correctly.

still puzzled.

 

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Supported phones for Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview

When my phone fails to upgrade I just keep trying. One upgrade took 3 or 4 tries.

 

Microsoft Passport errors during PIN creation


Microsoft Passport errors during PIN creation

Source and more: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...g-pin-creation