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    Why am I suddenly being asked to login to my computer with my local account password, when...


    I set my computer Windows 11 up to login with a PIN when I got the device 7 months ago. It has consistently asked for my PIN every time since. Yesterday, in the middle of my workday, approximately 15 minutes after I last logged in with PIN, I woke the screen up and went to put in my PIN only to realize it now had a box for a password, no mention of a PIN in sight. I made no changes to settings and, to my knowledge, no updates were installed in that brief timeframe.No password I have saved anywhere can now get me into my computer. It doesn't seem to be asking for my Microsoft account pass

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