Windows 11 Sign Issues with Challenge Phrase

Anonymous
2022-02-21T06:28:10+00:00

Hi,

I am trying to sign into my laptop as normal, but it says my password has been entered incorrectly so I have to enter the challenge phrase A1B2C3 and then my password. I know my password is correct but it keeps locking me out saying it is incorrect. I've followed Windows 11 tutorials to fix login issues but none mention the challenge phrase, which seems to be our issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-10-06T01:23:24+00:00

    My widows 11 PC has me locked out of windows and is asking for a challemge phrase. I do not know what that is. How can I unlock windows after it does not accept my fingerprint or password or PIN?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-10-05T08:09:57+00:00

    Hi all,

    I have some issues with my laptop…i can not sign in with the face ID.

    asking for pin or challenge phrase???

    From where can I get those things ( pin and challenge phrase ) ????

    Thank you in advance .

    I am looking forward to hearing back from you soon.

    Kind regards

    Anca

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-13T18:10:58+00:00

    Make sure you are in caps lock mode

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-09-09T20:22:56+00:00

    I think this may be a conflict with Bitlocker, who some commenters have noted they have installed. I do too.

    I don't understand why my login error says I failed multiple times to insert the proper PIN. I got the failed pin msg. even though I never attempted to insert it.

    I solved this problem after noting that the challenge phrase is case-sensitive. And that using caps lock does not produce capital letters. You have to use the shift key to capitalize the letters in the challenge phrase.

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