Windows 10 offers different ways to identify us when signing in to our user account. It is true that you can avoid having to identify yourself each time we turn on the computer, but for security reasons it is always recommended that each user of the system has their own account and a secure way of identification. If you are one of those who use a PIN to enter Windows 10 and have trouble logging in, we will show how we can fix it.
When creating our user account, it is possible to choose between making use of a password, a PIN, image password or even using our fingerprint to identify ourselves and log in to Windows 10. In each case, the operating system itself Microsoft offers us an option to reset our password or PIN if we forget . That is, we cannot recover it but we can change it for a new one if we identify ourselves as that same user.
To do this, we can distinguish between two scenarios, one if we have already logged in and another if we have not already done so. On each occasion, these are the steps we must follow to reset the PIN in Windows 10.
Change PIN in Windows 10 without logging in
The Windows 10 access PIN can be a set of numbers or a combination of numbers and letters. Something that we can choose ourselves when establishing the way to identify with our user account.
If we have not yet logged on to our computer and we want to change the access PIN, we may find on the system login page the option I forgot my PIN or this option may not appear. In these cases, we will have to proceed as follows:
If we see the option I forgot my PIN
This option is shown just below the PIN text box. If it appears, we must select it and follow the instructions requested by the system. If we have several user accounts on the computer, we will have to choose the one for which we want to reset the Windows 10 access PIN and follow the steps.
This will lead us to Enter the password to access your Windows 10 account and then we will be allowed to reset the PIN once we have identified and logged in.
If we don’t see the option I forgot my PIN
In this case, we will have to select Startup Options. This will ask us to enter our password to log in and then we can reset the PIN once we have identified.
Change Windows 10 PIN if we are logged in
Once we have logged into the system, to change or reset our user account access PIN we will have to follow the steps shown below:
- We open the Windows 10 Configuration page, (Win + I) or from the Start menu.
- We navigate to the option Accounts> Login options.
- We select the Windows PIN option.
- We click on the option I forgot my PIN.
- We log in with our Microsoft account.
- We will be asked to verify our identity.
- Then the screen to configure a new PIN will appear. We write the new PIN and confirm it.