Windows 10: Why my Windows MS password is being rejected?

I'm trying to remove the PIN to log into my laptop and it is asking for my MS Windows password. I have used forgot password option on MS account prompt and created a new one but it is not being accepted here. Why is that? What password I'm supposed to enter here? Is this password different from the MS account password?

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New Microsoft password rejected in the Recovery Environment

It's not just system restore that will ask for a password, almost all the recovery environment's troubleshooting options require you to give the password of a local administrator account before letting you proceed. You problem is that while you have changed your MS account password, the local account password hasn't changed.

I'm not sure how you'd go about changing the local account password while it is linked to your MS account. You may be able to switch to a local account, change the password to match the one you used for the MS account, then switch it back to an MS account. I don't use an MS account, so I can't test that for you.

What I can suggest is that you create a new local administrator account just for maintenance purposes and never link it to a MS account. Apart from anything else, it's always a sensible precaution to have a second administrator in case of problems signing in to your original one. When booting to any Advanced Start Up option that requires a password you can choose this local account instead, then you will know for certain which password to use.

 

admin password?

You can reset the Admin Password using Windows XP repair; See Here for step by step.

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Getting into a muddle with MS password on 3 devices

*Banghead

• I wrote too soon, my password is being rejected in both my PC and phone again

Responses from MS include:

• "You can use any phone number to request the security code." Followed by " We cannot send a text message to this number." "To unlock your account, sign in to get a security code." I cannot sign inI! If you see error message when requesting a security code, this could mean the phone number has been used too many times in a short period of time, or that we've detected something suspicious about the phone number. Today this came after my first attempt The only "something suspicious" I can think of is the Catch 22 response from MS

- - - Updated - - - Next day. I am now stuck with asking for a CODE to be sent to my phone, which does not reveive it (phone is working OK). Trying again (after only one attempt) results *Sadin being told I have tried too many times and to try again tomorrow - - - Updated - - - "This alias cannot be added to your account. Choose a different alias". What should I do about this? What 'different alias"? I have have made a little progress amid a lot of errors, such as above. I have discovered Windows is using the wrong phone number, my landline, which does not handle text, instead of my smart phone. The a above is a response to my attempt to gain access to change the number. I have gained access to my activity, which lists signin failures and successes, but is not what I need. Can someone suggest how I might be able to get the phone number changed? I should have been able to get help via MS Community, but I need the password to get in. I have had a popup suggesting to download the phone app to help signin but in order to do this I need to enter a password which is accepted. Before all this kicked off I added a second email address to my account, hoping it would help if this situation occured --- it has not, so far, so I am wondering if it has added to the confusion instead. Fortunately my PIN is still accepted for signin to my PC but not much more --- when my password is rejected the PIN has not been one of the alternatives offered.