Windows 10: PIN No Longer Available - How Hosed Is This?

Discus and support PIN No Longer Available - How Hosed Is This? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; My son's newly set up (as in a few days ago) laptop announced this morning that "Your PIN is no longer available due to a change in security... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/silburnl, Mar 28, 2020.

  1. PIN No Longer Available - How Hosed Is This?


    My son's newly set up (as in a few days ago) laptop announced this morning that "Your PIN is no longer available due to a change in security settings...." and prompts him to log in with his password instead. Apparently this is something that can happen if MS, in their wisdom, deploy an update which fiddles with the their security module in some fashion, which I did not know.

    The trouble I have is that he never set a password for his account on this machine - he went for a PIN because it would be easier for him to remember - so it is impossible to get beyond the sign-in screen. I've had a look at doing a reset while keeping his personal files but that requires a (non-existent) password too.

    Maybe the password field was just an empty string? - no dice
    Maybe his account had inherited my MS Live account password? - no dice

    Do I have to do a full Reset and blitz all his files?

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    /u/silburnl, Mar 28, 2020
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  2. PIN no longer available

    I get this message that my PIN is no longer available and that I need to go to the settings and set up again however I cannot even get to the settings
     
    andrewandJennifercousineau, Mar 28, 2020
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  3. Puds138 Win User
    pin no longer available

    Pin no longer available message on start up. Tells me to go to settings etc. How do you go to settings when you can't get past the start up screen?
     
    Puds138, Mar 28, 2020
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  4. Anne Fuj Win User

    PIN No Longer Available - How Hosed Is This?

    Can't use my PIN to login any longer

    Hi Tim,

    To further assist you in signing in to your Windows computer, you can follow the steps provided below:


    • From your
      lockscreen, check if the "Sign-in option" is available.

    • Then click the option to use PIN.

    • Enter PIN.


    If that didn't work, we highly suggest that you create a new account/PIN that you can use to log in to your computer.

    For more information on how to create a user account in Windows, you can click in this

    support article
    .

    Let us know if you need further help.
     
    Anne Fuj, Mar 28, 2020
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