Stop asking me to create a PIN!

Worse yet, if you select Continue, it prompts for your Windows password, and suddenly you're not sure whether this is legitimate -- but there's NO WAY TO GO BACK, no way to verify who is asking, no way to close the app; you just have to sign out. Can't even save a screen shot of the thing.

Is this a valid design for security software?

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.

that's all well and good but if you need a pin to get into your computer, how the hell do you get to settings? if I could get to  my settings …...tada,,,,I WOULD BE IN MY COMPUTER!!!!

I am sick to death with Windows insisting on pin numbers and passwords. Why can’t we decide, not some multinational control freak!!...

yer it's as embarrassing for me as i bet everyone else here feels:

the UX of Microsoft is atrocious so don't feel to bad.

there is NO disabling the prompt, neither is there a "NEVER use NEVER set" pinkode thing.

however what you need to do is setup the pinkode, log of the system, at login there is a small text "signin options" in the bottom, click it and there is some small icons

(because the entire page needed to be covered by nothing, so no room for actual bottoms with text -_- mobile design for pc always annoyes me),

here you can choose the right one which is "login with microsoft account".

this does what you want.

you can now login with microsoft account without getting prompted for pinkode

(pinkode does exists now though and haven't tested if that will do annoying things in the long run. havent had to set it on my other pc's to avoid the prompt

PS: local login is not an option if you want the microsoft accounts to sync from the machines.... 

but guessing if nothing else have worked this was the last option used ^^

another very inconvenient way to disturb our peace every time the windows is starting.