Windows 10: PIN lockout

Good Morning. On 10-20-22 when I went to sign on to my Windows 10 account PC, I entered my password and it was rejected with a message saying incorrect PIN. I do not know if I ever set up a PIN for this device/account and I cannot get on to my computer because when I go to forgot my PIN and try to reset my PIN it says the action cannot be completed at this time for 2 days now. Please advise how I can get onto my PC. Thank you.

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Clear "Pin suggested" list in People Bar

Does anybody know how to clear the "Pin suggested" list on the "People bar"?

Contacts are added to the "Pin suggested" list once you've pinned and unpinned them. But there seems to be no obvious way to remove them from that list.

After playing around with this feature and pinning and unpinning many dummy contacts, it's rather annoying to see them in the "Pin suggested" list when you click on the "My People" icon in the taskbar.

 

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.

 

Windows phone pin lockout

Hi David,

You may try one of the following:

• Try removing the SD (you may have to power off/on the device) to see if the lock has been removed.
  
• You may also try to
  hard reset the phone (but this will delete all your contacts, photos, downloads, accounts etc.)
• Try unlocking your Windows phone remotely by login in to the PC. The key is to reset your PIN through
  account.microsoft.com. If you use remote unlock, your logon PIN will be protected by Windows instead of your device's security system.

• Sign in to
  account.microsoft.com/devices.
• Find the phone you want to lock remotely in the list, and the select
  Find my phone.
• Select Lock.
• Enter a new PIN, and then select Lock. You'll now be able to unlock your phone with a new PIN.

To go back to having your logon PIN protected by your device’s security system, make sure the device has been on for at least 2 hours. Go to
Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options and select
I forgot my PIN. Enter your Microsoft account info, verify your identity, and set the PIN for the device.

Let us know if this works.