Kevin I appreciate the advise but it isn't the computer I object to signing onto. And actually don't have to. It is each and every website that I have a password for, some with multiple authentication already required. Now Microsoft is requiring a THIRD verification with my fingerprint or pin. EVERY SINGLE TIME. That is what I want to turn off, if you have ideas about it, please share.
Set MS Windows 11 permanently to stop asking for sign-in password or pin
Please Microsoft, stop being such an annoying nanny.
My personal desktop PC at home is not accessible to anyone except me. When I turn it on I don't want to be constantly prompted to sign in to my Microsoft account (which itself is endlessly annoying as you can't just sign in). MS insists on the endless complicated sign ins. Even after setting my account not to require a password or pin to auto-start, MS keeps re-setting that. I'm not even allowed to set an easy repeated pin entry or password. Google is also doing that ****. I can't tell you how many times a day I have to respond to emails or text messages with verification codes and 2FAs. They want scan my face or use my fingerprint to supposedly make it easier -- at what additional cost?
Please don't lecture me on security. I have a hearty password manager, encrypted router authentication settings, and countless other protections. This is not a publicly accessible laptop or phone.
This nonsense is incredible. It affects everything and makes you waste an enormous amount of time.
While I'm at it, they're criminal highwaymen. I've spent months trying to speak to a live support agent about a deranged licensing system. I had a valid product key for over a decade. My PC could not run Windows 11 (more nanny nonsense). So, I bought some hardware and upgraded that PC.
I made the harrowing mistake of updating windows during my hardware process. In that update, Windows wiped out my product key from the registry and took me on this months long rabbit hole of their idiotic explanations in a circuitous meandering labyrinthine maze that always ends up without solution and sends you back to the same old starting place.
They can easily find that my Windows installation was used without any licensing question for a decade. I could even provide them over two years of regular update installations, but they want me to go through hundreds of storage boxes to find my original disk and key. I've been there before with XP and 7. Even when I find the box with the key on it, their computerized activation system refuses to let me use it. Simply ****?
They've so completely complicated their licensing structure and definitions into a shell game, with that garbage excuses gatekeeping extortion scam. They're running a criminal ransom operation. When you're upgrading hardware you will finally give up and buy a new digital key -- crooks. Then, after I was able to finally activate Windows 10, I chose to upgrade to Windows 11. Now the same **** is happening all over again. They want me to spend another $120 to buy another key. What incredible A**H***S!
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2024-11-30T10:43:30+00:00 I'm retired from Microsoft and believe it's not as easy as it used to be. I have 4 computers, and I sign in with my pin each time.
The best thing is to keep the screen active.
- go to the control panel
- Look for power options
- change plan settings
- Change the display to never (using the drop-down menu)
- Change sleep to never (using the drop-down menu)
- click on save changes.
The pin or password is required now for security purposes.
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Anonymous
2024-11-29T19:07:45+00:00 I'm sat here laughing the first thing that happened I had to sign in to respond to this article
just got new laptop I'm sick of having to sign in all the time on this machine and my other laptops and desktop
did it on one pc this pc win11 I have been trying all day to change sign in options restarting pc but......... still having to sign in after following
all instructions I'm at a lost I'm not the sharpest knife out the draw any other instructions gladly except thanks.....
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Anonymous
2024-11-23T07:06:01+00:00 Just got Win 11 tonight and I already HATE it! The PIN is the current hate! I didn't shut down, log off, or turn off the monitor (it was "resting") and to the request for the PIN when I got up to get a drink of water, got up to use the restroom, answered the phone, every single time the monitor "rests" I have to enter the PIN. Win 11 may be slightly "faster" but see no "new" benefits to it over XP or 7.
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Anonymous
2024-11-11T18:21:26+00:00 I wasn't looking for a snarky comment, though I certainly agree, I simply want to use my computer in peace. Can anyone help me do that?