As the administator, how do I turn off all Windows "Hello" options upon boot up and use of computer?

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As the administator, how do I turn off all Windows "Hello" options upon boot up and use of computer?

The Martian 0

I am the owner and administrator of my personal computer. I want to turn off all aspects of the highly annoying Windows Hello program. I am the only user of this computer and wish to shut it off. When I had my old computer ( windows 10 ) I was able to shut it off fairly easily. Now with windows 11 they have changed things so much I can't figure out how to do it. I am not extremely computer savvy, but I know there must be a way to do this fairly easily. Please help.

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First, go to Settings > Accounts > Sign in options, scroll down to mid page, under "Additional Settings",Make sure "For improved security, only allow Windows Hello Sign-in for Microsoft accounts on this device (Recommended). " is turned OFF.
Type netplwiz in the search on the taskbar and press enter, select your user, if the "user must enter a username and password to use this computer" box is NOT checked, please check it , click Apply. Then uncheck the box and click Apply. This will bring up a pop up window.
On this pop up window, this is where most mistakes happen. Very important, erase the username that's prefilled. Username should be your entire email address for your Microsoft account. Password is your Microsoft account's password. Any typo here can prevent it from working. Then click OK. And back to the netplwiz page, click OK.
Restart the computer now and it should work.