Sometimes I wonder if people don't appreciate security which, is the point of using a PIN & Windows Hello. A PIN is more secure than a password. Maybe, I am misunderstanding you but it's been my knowledge that going without a PIN, means not using Windows Hello & reverts back to using a password.
Baffles me why entering a 4-digit PIN is such a bother but, maybe, that's just me.
Glad you end up with a successful install. Many of us don't have Weather on the Lock screen even, with it set to be there. It DOES show on regular Win11, although, hovering on it does nothing, right now, as opposed to what it is supposed to do. And in 26058 the other choices shown in addition to Weather do not work, currently.
And, as I've been thinking about it, something makes me curious and hence the query... Are you running 26058 on a 'spare box' or on your 'daily driver'?