Stop asking me to create a PIN!

My solution was to simply create a PIN that was identical to my secure & complex password. It's obviously a compromise solution, but it was also obvious to me that Microsoft was unwilling and/or unable to give us what we all wanted.

Agreed. I have a secure complex password. I do not want to set a pin number in addition to that. It is just a another potential point of failure in security. Also, it just makes people forget what their actual password since they only ever use their pin. 

Please stop forcing features I do not want and frankly do not need.

Mark,

Thank you so much!!

Your Input is still serving superbly in March 15, 2019.  So simple yet so obscure!!

I installed version 1803 after updating a pc from an earlier version of Windows 10 just a number of days ago. This issue was driving me round the twist for a couple of days as I could not network to the PC whatsoever. I would go through the process so many experienced here on the forum by disabling the PIN through the settings options. But it would come back to hinder on re-login.

The surprising thing is I have two other PC's all on 1803 since last year and never encountered this issue. It must have been a blissful fluke twice!

Microsoft has an uncanny habit of fixing things that don't need to be fixed. To hide the solution under a "sign-in options" dialogue is basically a design of what I call "crippling flexibility".

Thanks again, problem solved.

Cheers

Daniel

Nothing comes up after typing netplwiz. I have important work yo complete stuck for an hour.

if you want to use your password just turn on the use of alphabetical characters and make your pin your password... I don't see what the big deal is?