Windows Hello PIN Something went wrong. Try again later

Anonymous
2020-04-09T17:52:18+00:00

I've had my PIN set up for quite some time and all the sudden I received a message that said my organization requires me to update my pin.  This is a personal computer, it does not belong to any organization.  Under the sign in options, Windows Hello Pin, I see a message that says Something went wrong. Try again later.  I removed my PIN and now Add is greyed out.  This PC has no group policy, it's my personal computer so I don't know what went wrong, but I would like to have my PIN back.  Any help would be appreciated.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows Hello, lock screen and sign-in

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-08-26T06:47:58+00:00

    AMAZING!!!!! This was really starting to upset me, you're a genius! Many thanks :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-08-16T00:05:18+00:00

    In the history of Microsoft, has a single one of these answers from a Microsoft administrator ever worked? Even once? I’d pay money to see that happen just once!

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-07-21T21:25:35+00:00

    Instead of using all the different suggestions that I could not make work, I made a local PIN and it works.

    Yours sincerely

    F.Larsen

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-07-21T18:14:17+00:00

    After I have "login" it asked for a PIN which I have entered during installation but does not allow me access. When requesting a new pin either via email or mobile it again fails to get me in and same error message: " Something went wrong. We weren't able to set up your PIN." The solutions above cannot help me restore/remove the pin.

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