Was able up to today to log on using a PIN. W10 now requires password.
Windows 10 Professional Version 1903, OS build 18362.295 – Intel Core i5-6500T, 16GB DDR4
PIN has been established, recognized and saved. Up until a short while ago I had been able to sign on after a startup, reboot or waking from sleep. I don’t mind this benign extra security step and much prefer it to password.
Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options > Require sign-in – When PC wakes from sleep: selected. Has been selected, which up to now enabled me to sign on with my PIN.
Dynamic Lock Sign-in option is disabled.
Existing PIN was re-submitted and saved in Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options. Current Windows Hello PIN status is: PIN is all set up to sign in to Windows, apps, and services.
In Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options > Privacy, both ‘Show account details’ and ‘Use my sign-in info’ have always been turned Off.
Windows Hello identification data in Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options has not been removed.
There have been and are no existing bio-metric devices, Picture Passwords nor Security Keys.
What I’m uncertain of is what, if any, other Windows Setting I might try to revert back to PIN. Any constructive assistance would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. At first glance these two Windows answers/support links appeared to be The Fix. As you may suspect, they weren’t: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-asks-for-password-instead-of-pin/0cf2fd33-a3b3-4bbc-8df4-4fcedbe47451, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026196/windows-10-pin-sign-in-issues
Coincidentally, I became a Plus Member today. Not that I felt in any way obliged to, mind you; I have in the past read up on and relied on Woody’s MS-DEFCON for making sense of Windows Updates. That’s not likely to change anytime soon.
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