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
    2025-03-08T18:07:22+00:00

    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.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-04T18:04:27+00:00

    Well I have it I've done it twice restarted whole nine yards it doesn't work

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-28T02:39:12+00:00

    Check out Ivy Johnson 1's solution. Disable Windows Hello.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-02-27T09:00:18+00:00

    I have this same issue ever since I purchased a new laptop from Nimo (which is an awesome made in America inexpensive machine btw). Since I was not getting anymore help than anyone else in this chat from Microsoft, I asked the folks at Nimo. Here's their reply(see if it works for you!):

    Thanks for reaching out, and I’m so glad to hear you're enjoying your Nimo laptop! Regarding the PIN or fingerprint prompt for every website, it sounds like your laptop might have Windows Hello enabled, which is the security feature that prompts for biometric login (PIN or fingerprint). To turn this off, you can follow these steps: Go to Settings: Click on the Start menu, then select Settings. Navigate to Accounts: Click on Accounts, then select Sign-in options. Disable Windows Hello: Under the "Manage how you sign in to your device" section, you should see options for Fingerprint, PIN, and Windows Hello. You can disable these options by clicking on Remove next to each one. Alternatively, you can also go to the Advanced Settings in your browser or use a password manager that doesn’t rely on Windows Hello for each site. Hopefully, that helps !

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  5. 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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