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New Windows 11 Home laptop came with 4-digit PIN - can I change it to use password and face recognition as alternatives? If so, how, please? Mike

Outlook.com. Logging in with my Godaddy MS Exchange [email protected]. It says [email protected]. Why does it do this? There is no problem with my password, I am able to log in to see my inbox in other ways, but on Outlook.com, it redirects me to an alternate looking email address. Earlier...

I had to delete my original account (pop) then started a new one. My original data file ( .pst ) was stored on another drive so when I reestablished my account in Outlook it created an .ost file under USER\APPDATA....OUTLOOK\username.ost. I realized this morning that outlook is using the .pst...

Can someone explain to me how I can deactivate or delete one of my Autostart users as an Admin? My problem is that every time I start Win11, I am told that the pwd for my auto-username login is incorrect. I can get into the system with a different Admin UserId and Pwd. However, I cannot...

So what i have observed that if i add a key and add a font path as value when windows is restarted or user logout and login then those font path are registered for usage and i am able to use those fonts. That too happen very fast. When i tried to find any official documentation around this. I...

Hi, A few years ago, I put a Windows Hello 4 digit PIN code to access my PC, using my school's email adress. Today I remember the 4 digit code but I would like to change it, and I don't have acces to my school's email adress. When I go to windows hello pin code it says "Sorry, this PIN isn't...

Hello all! The backgrounf to my problem is as follows: I had some problems with my windows 10, and wanted to dual boot windows with Ubuntu. Thus I thought that I was gone move all of my files to an external HDD, then factory reset my computer, and then proceed with the dual boot setup...

I turned off my computer, a Dell OptiPlex 7060, as I do every day and when I came back to it the next day it started with what looked like it was reinstalling windows. When it finally opened it had a completely different opening screen and the desktop had my icons but not my screen. I googles...

Hello all. I must point out that I'm ot a windows IT pro. I'm just a home user who bought a windows server licence (server 2019 Essentials) for a movie/file server. After probably 2 or 3 updates ago everthing was working just fine, but now when i hit the " settings" button on the left>and go...

there have been people i know why bypass the microsoft acct setup on a new computer because they dont' want to be shackled by it. if i create a local account and switch to it am i effectively free of the miscrosoft acct in the same way that my friends bypass it totally thx

On my Windows 10 desktop server I have been running auto startup (no password needed). Suddenly today startup is asking for a password on startup. It is showing two identical userid, one of which uses the normal password and the other is a new one. Investigation said to use netplwiz to...

Good morning. I would appreciate help/advice with the following. I have recently bought a new laptop with Windows 11 and set it up correctly or so I believe. My old laptop is using Windows 10 and when I start it I am usually asked for my BIOS password. However, since setting up my new laptop...

Hi. Question: How to disable tablet mode. Problem: reaccuring changes from desktop to a tablet mode. How to disable tablet mode in a permanently way? This very machine keeps change this with a couple of months reaccuring. Perhaps there is a powershell script or something that could be run...

Hi, I am using a Lattepanda V1 device that operates on Windows 10 and launches a specific application after starting up. I have not configured a lock screen password. However, I encounter a login screen (the initial loading screen) that I wish to bypass. I want to remove both the Lock Screen...

Hi, everyone... I've tried for several days to log into the forum under my old account, "MikeHawthorne" because it said it was going to send confirmation to my email. The only problem is that I never received a message after multiple attempts, and it wasn't in the trash bin. I had to create a...

I just changed the login password for my PC. I don’t know if this is relevant but now when I start my computer I get asked for a PIN but no longer get a prompt for Sign-in options. This means that I can’t login with my Password should I choose to. Windows 11 Home 22H2.

I’m stuck at this screen and any account I put in doesn’t work

Hi, I have created a new image for a Dell Latitude 5320 windows 11 and got it right where I wanted it. When logged in as the administrator of course I do everything under that account because at the time the laptop is in audit mode. I have completely uninstall quite a few apps like some of the...

Every time I try to copy "You'll need to provide administrator permission to copy this file " I am trying to copy large .TIB files image files from my C: drive to an external drive connected directly to the PC. I AM admin on this computer but am not using the Administrator account. The actual...

I have a problem on a Windows 10 Laptop. Booting and launching apps takes a long time. Once in an app it runs as it should. A friend of mine who works for Microsoft suggested that I set up a new user account. I can do that, but i've received conflicting advice on moving existing apps and data...