Stop asking me to create a PIN!

NO this does not work!  I've disabled passwords using netplwiz and in settings and in the registry and I still get prompted for a PIN from Outlook.  I DO NOT WANT TO BE PROMPTED FOR ANY PASSWORDS OR PINS.

Hey Darren. Sorry this is a frustrating problem but there may be a solution for you.

I will reference what the answers say here to help: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Press your windows key + X > Type netplwiz in the run prompt > uncheck user needs to use password for the account.

You can also go to settings - account - sign-in options > choose sign in with local account, and you will have to enter a pin ONE time > leave new password and confirmation empty > log out and back in > should be fixed and you wont have to enter anything.

If none of this works you may try to use windows key + X > netplwiz when it asks for a username and password, enter the full email address of your Microsoft account and the password > you'll never have to enter a PIN again.

Let me know if this works out for you.

I have that already so it auto logins when I switch my computer

the problem comes in when you lock it. (say there someone around and you do not want them on your pc) now when I unlock I have to go and setup a **** pin ever **** time

how do I get it to stop doing when I have just locked windows for few mins

It stopped bugging me for a while and I thought the Einstein's at MS fixed the problem....NOPE...it's back with an F'ing vengeance!!! I lost a password of 6yrs and it had nothing to do with me or my life...just random words of upper and lower case letter, numbers, and symbols with no ryme or reason to it.  Then MS SCREWED up and made me change it and I can't get it back!!!  I'm reall;y annoyed by this PITA that Microsoft created and wont FIX...HELLooooooo?????  I'm so F'ing annoyed by this.....that I've considered replacing it with Lenux next year!!!  I'm tired of all the bugs MS has!!!  I game and recently MS has been restarting when I'm gaming...NO WARNING!!!!  What's WRONG with this?????  I had to go into setting and turn it off!!!  You IDIOTS turned it on with one of the MANY UPDATES you've been doing!!!!  I'm NOT Happy with MS ATM!!!!!!  Why can't you make a fix for this instead of making us go through HELL to fix it ourselves????  You are the ones who created this HELL and you expect us to EMBRACE IT????  HELL NOooooooooooo!!!!! FIX THIS BROKEN  DILAPIDATED OS!!!

This should be the top response. I did not even realize that a choice was selected when I was logging in because the selection of the 10-key versus the password is not obvious. This is either Microsoft being inept or they are trying to manipulate people. Thank you so much for posting this!

Patience, young Jedi, in time someone will publish a work-around. There's almost always a way.

Technically, there already is a way... Quite a few of them even. They go by names that often, though not exclusively, end in "x". Seriously, I use and like Windows and hope the best for Microsoft. But I also use other operating systems. And every time something like this happens, I find myself booting into something else more often... Finding more ways to comfortably stay in other OSes.

Yeah, I know... I'm not Microsoft's target audience and they don't care. Still I think this represents a missed opportunity for them to better retain customers in a rapidly changing world.