Set MS Windows 11 permanently to stop asking for sign-in password or pin

Anonymous
2023-10-20T13:34:38+00:00

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!

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accounts, profiles, and login

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-27T05:26:57+00:00

    Not only that: Microsoft wants me to add yet ANOTHER password after that! Not gonna do it. Still looking for a solution.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-26T20:02:53+00:00

    THIS DOES NOT WORK! I HAVE TO PUT IN A PIN ANYTIME I ACCESS A SITE THAT REQUIRES MY PASSWORD - WINDOWS 11 DEMANDS I PUT A PIN IN BECAUSE IT WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS ME! I AM THE ONLY ONE THAT USES THIS COMPUTER! QUIT SCREWING WITH YOUR USERS. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE GO TO MACS!

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-25T17:55:06+00:00

    This does not help when its a work account that keeps popping up on my HOME computer! I can't change the settings and my home computer won't allow me to add the work email address.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-01T19:41:25+00:00

    If you're still having issues, what you can do to access the checkbox is go to settings, and in the accounts section go to sign in options. There, you should find an option under additional settings that reads "For improved security, only allow Windows Hello sign-in for Microsoft accounts on this device". If you switch that off, you should be able to access the checkbox when you open the "netplwiz" manager.

    If you need any further help, just ask.

    Hey Jacob,

    I don't mean to resurrect an old thread... but I haven't been able to find an answer to my situation.

    I want only my PIN prompt to show up on login, but yet there is still an account prompting for Username and Password everytime I start up my computer.

    I have the "Users must enter a username and password when using this computer", unchecked.

    I have confirmed that there are no other users listed in Accounts > Other Users.

    I have unchecked "For improved security, only allow Windows Hello sign-in for Microsoft accounts on this device".

    There were a couple of other areas I checked as well. I'm starting to believe it is just a bug at this point.

    Please let me know if there is a solution to this.

    Thank you.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-11T09:55:05+00:00

    It is NOT the laptop I have to sign into. It is EVERY ONE OF MY WORK WEBSITES. I have been using these sites for 10+ years, already have 2x verification on them. Windows 11 forces a 3rd step w/ pin or password for Windows....EVERY SINGLE TIME. How do I remove THAT step????

    It is only my personal laptop that requires this. My PC at the office does not.

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