Ouch. Sorry my solution to this was to change to linux š§
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calhoon2005@aussie.zone āØ8ā© āØhoursā© ago
Asking this here as Iām fairly sure some of you do this sorry if stuff for a living and for the life of me I canāt find a fixā¦
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Image Windows 11 popped up with this two days ago. Was from a fresh boot and the computer sits unused for days so there had been no multiple log in attempts. My pin wonāt let me in, and the use other sign in option does not come up as an option. To be honest, I can even think whether there is a password set, might just be the pin. I can log into my kids profile, not using their pin, I get the same message, but with their password backup. The leave for 2 hours does jack. I still get this screen after multiple attempts trying to do thisā¦ Is there a way I can log into my admin account from my kids account and fix this? Or another way to fix thisā¦?
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone āØ7ā© āØhoursā© ago
calhoon2005@aussie.zone āØ7ā© āØhoursā© ago
Yeah, I was thinking that too. No real need for windows that I can think of. I used to run Linux and ran into issues every now and then hence changing backā¦
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone āØ7ā© āØhoursā© ago
Hrmmā¦ might help?
calhoon2005@aussie.zone āØ7ā© āØhoursā© ago
Recovery modeā¦š¬ā¦ Flashback to regularly soft-bricking my first android after trying to flash custom ROMs
Taleya@aussie.zone āØ6ā© āØhoursā© ago
oh god.
ok ok ok ok so there i a very Big Shit Thing going on with win updates that is bricking things it shouldnāt. But. Try this:
Hold the power button to force shut down, then power it back on. Hit and hold f4 to see if you can trigger a safe mode boot.
If not, then we try recovery mode - same thing, but hold down f8 and see if loads a boot options menu . If not THAT then:
Turn the PC on again, then quickly force it off again by holding down the power button two more times during startup. On the third time, it should autoload Recovery Mode.
Select Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Settings > Restart.
After the restart, press F4 to start in Safe Mode.
Once youāre finally in Safe Mode, Windows should ask for your account password, not the PIN. After logging in hit winkey+I to open settings. Go to Accounts > Sign-in options and under PIN (Windows Hello), click Remove to disable the PIN.
Anyone stuck with this dog sneeze of an OS, make sure you have pin disabled by doing that last sentence.
calhoon2005@aussie.zone āØ3ā© āØhoursā© ago
ā¦and in swoops the user I was hoping would comment. Thanks, Iāll try this later when I get home.
Taleya@aussie.zone āØ3ā© āØhoursā© ago
Oh noes not a reputation!!!
Eagle@aussie.zone āØ6ā© āØhoursā© ago
Your brain is incredible. Just in case no one has told you that today.
Taleya@aussie.zone āØ5ā© āØhoursā© ago
I have been doing this for a very very long time :P
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone āØ6ā© āØhoursā© ago
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