"This sign-in option is disabled because of failed sign-in attempts or repeated shutdowns". I've been locked out of my laptop since last night and can't log back in. How do I fix this issue?

I really don't get what's the benefit of this features.

Accidentally doing stuff by the owner might cause of unintentionally shutdown or did not login successfully.

Example:

1. Like my experience I just wanted to access the bios and restarting it because I mistakenly press the wrong function key (F11 which shoulr be F10).

After I finished to setup. Boot it up. And viola! 2hrs is needed for me to use my laptop.

2. There are more than 5,000 reason (report says they have the same problem) that I say this feature should be fix my Microsoft. There many unitentionally power off and on a computer. Based on how many people have the same problem.

We need explanation from Microsoft why they put this features. 2hrs is very long to wait. Which Microsoft are preventing us from using our own device. If this is security reason, on what cause? I mean if someone a hacker and should this issue already and already knows how to bypass this. But for us user who just wanted to use our own device this will be a frustrating issue and annoying everytime. I think this should be fixed and call it another features gone and thrown outside the Windows.

Kindly imagine an example scenario.

You need your files inside the laptop for your work. Then this happens you need to waste your 2hrs waiting for it to boot it up.

Your laptop have the software your using for your work (let's say it's license) this happens. Now you wait again.

Your battery is dead on your laptop and you haven't replace it yet. You arrive at your work then you are the presenter or you are gonna teach in the classroom. You know what happened next. Yes it time for you to wait 2hrs.

I can't imagine that this report is a year old and still Microsoft aren't fixing this issue. Aren't you guys using your own product? You haven't got any problem related with this issue?

Is there anyway to disable this feature?

Microsoft?

I am also facing the same issue. I kept my laptop power on for 2 hours and then using the same PIN system allowed me to login. But unfortunately, after two days, when again I tried login, the same issue occurred and again waited for 2 hours and it allowed me to login with the same PIN.

So, one thing is confirmed that it is not related to failed login or repeated shutdown in my laptop. This bug has made my laptop just a piece of hardware. Thank you, Microsoft, for giving such a **** in form your OS update.

Thanks to all who helped me. I couldn't see a button labelled "use another method to sign in" but when I clicked on "forgot password" (even though I hadn't forgotten it) it let me use my microsoft account password. But after 5 minutes of logging in, I got the BSOD again. I rebooted (it allowed me to use my PIN) and launched task manager. I killed off any applications I didn't recognise, and that seems to have done the trick. I think I have hit "end task" on them before, but as a result of the software update, they came alive again. Happy days.

Thank you for suggesting the "forgot password" option. I knew my PIN as well but I went through the process to change it and "VOILA" it worked!

I am not a technical person by any stretch, so most of the suggestions here just increased my anxiety. I've only had my laptop for 5 months before encountering the glitch. Hopefully it stays on.

I agree with the others here @microsoft needs to do something about this!

Peace...

This was what fixed it for me. Forget pin and make a new one. Simple quick fix.