Stop asking me to create a PIN!

Anonymous
2018-05-20T21:30:43+00:00

please o please tell me how i can stop Windows 10 from asking me to create a PIN to login with.....I DO NOT WANT TO CREATE ONE! no matter what I do it forces me to create one. 

I understand it might be more secure etc etc but I DO NOT WANT TO CREATE ONE!

I am more than happy to enter in my normal password to access my profile I DO NOT WANT A PIN

Please assist me in stopping this annoyance. Its my computer and I will have it work the way I want it to.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-05-07T23:06:40+00:00

    So sorry. But you forced me to create more levels of security. When I run netplwiz THERE IS NO OPTION TO BYPASS LOGIN. I now have a PIN attached to my login credentials which I had previously avoided. I was able to set up a "test user" account with full administrator access, but this still required I set up with a password which I now can't get rid of.

    Just an aside. The new account was not linked to MS account and web browsers are used without an account. In this mode the computer just blazes along, boots faster and is much snappier to use. As soon as I acknowledge affiliation with Microsoft or Google for that matter, I attach a 5000 pound vampire to my neck. It's no wonder Linux is so appealing.

    I'm at home in a remote area : I HAVE NO NEED FOR SECURITY ON MY PC

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-03-27T18:53:50+00:00

    So is there a REAL fix for this retarded BS yet?  I've tried all the ides, all the robotic same old crap, and it STILL MAKES ME PUT IN A G!D! PIN!  Software nowadays is getting to the point to where we are gonna have to plain and simply find the programmer and **** slap them every time they leave their house till the mental retardation stops.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-03-21T10:59:10+00:00

    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.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-03-20T22:43:19+00:00

    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.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-03-15T15:40:12+00:00

    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

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