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Surface Laptop - PIN unable to reset
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Surface Laptop on one year old Face ID suddenly stopped working with forgotten PIN. No option for PIN resetting on lock screen. Have tried restarting many times, repeat error message: "You've entered in incorrect PIN several times. To try again, enter A1B2C3 below. Blank space below for Challenge phrase [which I've forgotten too] . Sign in Options are Face ID [suddenly not working] and Enter PIN [forgotten, unable to reset] I tried following directions for a computer reset but same screen reappears. Help?
Surface | Surface Laptop | Safety and security
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S.Sengupta 32,031 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator2026-04-28T00:21:36.9733333+00:00