Windows 10: PIN usage on a Win 8.1 to Win 10 upgrade ?

This morning I had task to upgrade one of my nieces desktop system from 8.1 to 10 home edition. The upgrade went just fine, took 2 hours (Single core 2.9ghz cpu), but at completion it always wanted a PIN to log in. I asked the owner if she has ever used a pin - her reply was no and that she always used a password on Win 8.1. Yes the password does work, but the first prompt you get to log in is for a PIN ?

We proceeded to change a unknown PIN, which forced us into deleting it first because to change it you need to know what the old one is, and then creating one.

My question is "Where did W10 find that pin and wanted it" ?

:)

 

Upgrading from WIN 8 to Win 10

hello,

I have a desktop running Win 8

Can anyone provide a step by step upgrade path/instructions to delete Win 8 and load/run Win 10..

thanks

 

Can't upgrade from Win 8 to Win 10

Jessen P -- Thanks for responding. I looked at the link you provided, but it just provides a small list of error codes and possible causes for the error. Didn't see any steps to take to resolve the issue. And none of the listed error codes are the
same as the one I got 0x80070006-0x90016 when I tried to upgrade to win 10.

 

Win 10 boots...

I can't answer to the speed of Win-8 booting. I tried the Win-8 preview and went back to Win-7 after a month. They say that Win-8.1 is a lot better than Win-8 was.
My Win-10 TP is working well ATM.