W10 Password. Urgent help needed.
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W10 Password. Urgent help needed.
Trying to tie my Android in with the PC (silly me) I gave up. In one question I very specifically said NONE to passwords.
To my horror, I find I now need my MS Password, a 10 digit pile of madness, to get into my own PC.
I do not want a password at all let alone that string that MS insisted upon.
Looking at forums has left me bewildered at how complex it might be.
Please can anyone help with a fairly simple procedure?
To my horror, I find I now need my MS Password, a 10 digit pile of madness, to get into my own PC.
I do not want a password at all let alone that string that MS insisted upon.
Looking at forums has left me bewildered at how complex it might be.
Please can anyone help with a fairly simple procedure?
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At last, a succinct reply.
Run netplwiz (right click on Start) and un-tick the box. Apply.
Some folk have had to do it twice before it worked.
Phew!
Run netplwiz (right click on Start) and un-tick the box. Apply.
Some folk have had to do it twice before it worked.
Phew!
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I got caught by this; I bought a Microsoft phone (W8.1) which bullied me into creating an MS account for reasons I didn't quite follow, but it seemed harmless.
I had bought an Asus laptop with W10 a month or two before. The next time I tried to log in on it, I found I was locked out until I could find the scrap of paper I had noted the MS password on.
I called Microsoft "helpline" (ha, ha, ha) during this episode, it was some time before I realised that the moronic half-wit I was trying to explain the problem to was indeed a robot, and not just an MS geek who sounded like Stephen Hawking. I had wasted a lot of choice obscenities before I twigged.
I had bought an Asus laptop with W10 a month or two before. The next time I tried to log in on it, I found I was locked out until I could find the scrap of paper I had noted the MS password on.
I called Microsoft "helpline" (ha, ha, ha) during this episode, it was some time before I realised that the moronic half-wit I was trying to explain the problem to was indeed a robot, and not just an MS geek who sounded like Stephen Hawking. I had wasted a lot of choice obscenities before I twigged.
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I use KeePass, without which I would have to be planted in fine soil and watered regularly.
Mind you, a day lost today mostly listening to Barclay's 'music' to resolve two, two-minute problems. Circa three hours of angst with the promise of a call back and a non-working Android Barclay's App. That's it.
A day to me now is about 6 hours . . . minus the snooze breaks.
Mind you, a day lost today mostly listening to Barclay's 'music' to resolve two, two-minute problems. Circa three hours of angst with the promise of a call back and a non-working Android Barclay's App. That's it.
A day to me now is about 6 hours . . . minus the snooze breaks.
