[sportman13]

I am a disabled person using PIN which is in sign in option on Windows 10 so I do not have to type a password to order a App this is a microsoft account I know you have to use a picture password or 4 digit password to loggin to your computer and can not use PIN to have it automatically loggin with out using picture password or 4 digit password ? If I switch to a Local account and PIN to order App do I have to type a password ? and will I be able to automatically loggin to the computer ?

 

[OldGrayGary]

Hi sportman12


Sorry, but your question is worded a bit awkwardly, and hard to follow. Let's cut to the chase - and find out what you would like best.

AutoLogon
Would you like to continue logging in using the Microsoft account you are currently using, but not have to enter a password/pin/picture password at startup? In other words, would you like Windows to enter your password for you automatically?

If yes, the simplest way is to use the Microsoft/SysInternals utility called AutoLogon. Here is the link to download it:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/autologon

It is extremely easy to use, you simply start the program, enter your current password (or PIN, if you are using that instead), and click Enable. [I've attached an example screenshot of the program, to help you visualize it]

Windows will then start straight to your desktop.

ScreenSaver/LockScreen
Most Windows 10 computers will show the "Lock Screen" if their computers "wake" from a "sleep" or "hibernate" state ... and also after activity interrupts a "Screen Saver". The default setting for a Lock Screen is to ask for a password to continue. If you would like to NOT have to enter a password on your computer's "Lock Screen":
1) Right-click the Windows Start Menu icon
2) Select Power Options
3) Select Require a password on wakeup
4) Select Change settings that are currently unavailable
5) Select Don't require a password (in the Password Protection on Wakeup section)
6) Select Save Changes

If you aren't sure of your Screen Saver settings:
1) Right-click the Windows Start Menu icon
2) Select Control Panel
3) Select Personalization
4) Select Screen Saver (it's on the lower right corner)
5) If there is a check mark in the option box in front of "on resume, display logon screen" - remove that check mark by clicking on it.
6) Select OK

If you follow those three changes, you should be able to use your Windows 10 computer without having to enter your password. You still have one, which helps keep your data safer online - it is just entered for you when you start your computer.

If this is not what you wanted, let us know.

 

[OldGrayGary]

By the way:

You can use AutoLogon for both your Microsoft account, and your Local account.

If you look at the screenshot in the post just about this, notice the Username box. That's where you enter either your Microsoft account Username, or your Local Account Username. Easy. You can use AutoLogon for both. You simply select which Username at startup, and Windows starts into that one.

 

[sportman13]

Old GrayGary Two questions for you

1 am using Windows 10 PIN I know you have to use a picture password or 4 digit password to loggin to computer is their any way to use PIN to have automatically loggin with out using picture password or 4 digit password

2 and you can not use a Local account with PIN to order a App with out typing in your password ?

 

[OldGrayGary]

Hi again

I think you are have a little trouble understanding the basics of your options for logon options in Windows 10.

There are three options for the types of "passwords" in Windows 10:
1) A password
2) A "picture password"
3) A PIN

These three options are available for both local and Microsoft accounts.

With that clear, let's move on to your questions:
1) You are now using a PIN. You can use AutoLogon to automatically enter the PIN at startup.
2) You can also use AutoLogon to automatically enter whatever your Local account uses - whether a PIN or a password.

I haven't tested AutoLogon myself using a PIN. But since it is a Microsoft product now, I expect it to work. If you have any trouble using it with a PIN, a simple solution would be to change back to using passwords, and have AutoLogon automatically enter them at system startup. I've setup AutoLogon for the personal computers of many of my customers over the years. For passwords, it just works.

 

[sportman13]

OldGreyGary I do not want to type my password using a PIN what do you mean when you say You can use AutoLogon to automatically enter the PIN at startup ?

 

[OldGrayGary]

You mentioned that currently you are now using a PIN, correct? But you don't want to have to type it in at system startup, correct?

The program I gave the link to is a Microsoft/SysInternals utility. You download it, and run it: you enter the Username that you want to have AutoLogon automatically enter your PIN at system startup. Easy.
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If you'd prefer not to use a PIN at all, but switch back to using a password: just change that.
1) Click on the Windows Start Menu icon
2) Select Settings
3) Select Accounts
4) Select Sign-in options
5) In the section that says PIN, you should see two buttons: Change and Remove. Select Remove.

If you remove the PIN, Windows will revert back to using your password. Now that Windows is expecting your password at startup, simply use AutoLogon to have it automatically enter your password.

 

[sportman13]

OldGrayGary what kind of Windows 10 user account do you use

 

[OldGrayGary]

I use my Microsoft account. Since you use Hotmail (Outlook.com), that is likely your Microsoft account. I find Outlook.com to be easy to use (and gives you more screen space, in general (and without fussing around too much) than Windows 10 Mail. If you use more than one computer, too, signing in with a Microsoft account and using Windows OneDrive online backup, it's really easy to synchronize files between desktops, tablets, laptops, phones. ...

 

[sportman13]

OldGreyGary I am a disabled person is using PIN which is in sign in option on Windows 10 so I do not have to type a password to order a App easy account for me between Microsoft and Local account ?

 

[OldGrayGary]

It really shouldn't matter if you use a PIN or a password. The AutoLogon app should be able type in either one for you automatically.

I just haven't tested it myself to automatically enter a PIN.

 

[sportman13]

OldGreyGary I apologies I meant I am a disabled person is it easier to use PIN so I do not have to type a password to order a App ? I have another question for you

 

[OldGrayGary]

I can't see that there is any difference in ease-of-use between using a PIN or using a password. Especially if using a utility like AutoLogon, which will enter them for you automatically.

I can answer about one more question, but then I have to concentrate on a repair (actually, several) here in my workstation.... (but I'll check in afterwards, as usual)

 

[sportman13]

OldGreyGary I trying to do this I can not see where this is on my Windows 10

Sign-in Screen Background Image - Enable or Disable in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Personalization icon.

2. Click/tap on Lock screen on the left side, and turn on (default) or off Show Windows background on the sign-in screen on the right side. (see screenshot below)

3. When finished, you can close Settings if you like.

 

[OldGrayGary]

To get to the Settings that they refer to:
1) Click on the Windows 10 Start Menu
2) Select Settings

Then follow their instructions.

 

[sportman13]

OldGreyGary I do not see Show Windows background picture on the sign in screen is it on Windows 10 ?

 

[OldGrayGary]

Sportman12 ... Please, you need to pay attention. Those were your own copied-in instructions for changing the background picture to the Lock Screen/Sign-in Screen. [And it's an entirely separate issue from your wish to not need to enter a password for your computer at such times as it is generally needed: at startup, waking from "sleep" or "hibernation" or from a "screen saver".]

If you need to, print out these instructions if that helps you follow them, or find a helpful tech-aware friend to follow the instructions. This is a self-help forum: we can give you the instructions: but if you constantly are unable to follow them, you might be better off asking a friend to help you follow our instructions.
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OK, that said:

The procedure you just asked about only changes the picture for the sign-in/lock-screen. Here are those steps again:
1) Click on the Windows Start Menu icon
2) Select Settings
3) Select Personalization
4) Select Lock Screen (scroll down a little, if you can't see it right away)
5) You'll see the option Show Windows background on the sign-in screen ... you can toggle the option ON or OFF.

By the way, you'll notice that just above that "Show Windows background..." option, the first item in the Lock Screen list of options is Background
- that is where you can choose the exact picture or slideshow.
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None of this has any bearing on passwords, of course. Are you clear on that part yet? [Re-read some of the earlier posts, if necessary]. For almost any password option, you already have the necessary instructions in these posts.

 

[sportman13]

OldGreyGary I do not see


Show Windows background on the sign-in screen ... you can toggle the option ON or OFF. anywhere is it on Window 10 ?

 

[OldGrayGary]

If you followed those steps, but don't see that option - you need to scroll down a bit more. It is in the Lock Screen settings in Personalization in Windows 10.

Try again.

 

[sportman13]

OldGreyGary here screenshot of mine I did scroll down a bit more. It is in the Lock Screen settings in Personalization in Windows 10. it is not their no Show Windows background on the sign-in screen ... you can toggle the option ON or OFF.