Windows 10: You organization requires you to change your pin

So this is probably the third time I have gotten this message. My pc is not part of a domain or organization, this is a fresh install of windows, but every time I install office 365 (student version) upon reboot it forces me to have a more complex pin, and then when I go into settings I am being told that some setings are managed by your organization. This is EXTREMELY annoying, is there any way around this?

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I am being prompted to change my pin because of "my organization".

I have owned my laptop for several years, it has never been a work computer or had any organization work on it. Yesterday when I went to enter my pin I was prompted that I needed to change my pin because of my organization and the pin requirements are
for a longer pin. I have always had the same pin and I do not want to change it. I am most worried about this "organization" prompt. Anyone advise on this? I thought it might have been me logging into my school email for the first time but I see no reason
I should have to change my pin for that since I have to enter a password for the email. If it is the email log in how to I reverse it?

 

Receiving Notification Your organization requires that you change your PIN

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We appreciate your effort on this. We understand that you get a message stating, your organization needs to change the PIN.



Ideally, the user account doesn’t have password expiry enabled. However, if the option is enabled, the password will expire in 42 days. The password expiry only works for Local user accounts. We would like to know if you are using a Local user account
or a Microsoft account on the computer.



However, we would like to know the edition of Windows 10 that you are using i.e. Windows 10 Home/Pro.



As you are unable to see the PINComplexity key in Registry, we can create the key, make the necessary changes and see if that helps. Refer the steps mentioned below:



Note: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow
these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.



Follow the steps to take backup of registry.

1. Press Windows key + R, to open
   Run dialog box.
   
2. Type regedit and click on
   OK.
   
3. Now, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\
   
4. Right click on Microsoft key, click on
   New and select Key. Rename the newly created key as
   PassportForWork.
   
5. Now, Right click on PassportForWork,
   click on New and select Key. Rename the newly created key as
   PINComplexity.
   
6. Click on PINComplexity key, right click on empty space on the right pane, click on New and select
   DWORD (32-bit). Rename the DWORD as Expiration.
   
7. Double click on Expiration, click on
   Decimal and enter a number between 1 and
   730.
   
8. Click on OK and restart the computer.
   

If you are using Windows 10 Pro, you may to check the Group Policy settings mentioned below:

1. Press Windows key + R, to open
   Run dialog box.
   
2. Type gpedit.msc and click on
   OK.
   
3. Now, navigate to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\PIN Complexity
   
4. On the right pane, double click on Expiration.
   
5. If you want to enable PIN Expiration, click on
   Enabled and enter a number between 1 and
   730 for PIN Expiration.
   
6. If you want to disable PIN Expiration, select
   Disable or Not Configured and click on
   OK.
   
7. Restart the computer.
   

Let us know the results.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

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.