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Solve : using PIN to sign on to Windows 10?

Answer» <html><body><p>I am still using Insider Preview version of Windows 10; it's actually a version that was released subsequent to the release of Windows 10 to the general public.  It is Build 10525.  Today, I was prompted to create a PIN to sign on instead of using a password.  Have any of you encountered this?  <br/><br/>I went ahead and did it.  Now, when the Sign-in screen appears, I enter the PIN.  It is a quicker way to sign in than with the password I was using.  As soon as I type the last digit of the PIN, sign-in <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/happensbrbr-2691586" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HAPPENS">HAPPENS</a>; I do not need to hit Enter or click the arrow on the Sign-in screen.  <br/><br/>What puzzled me about the screen that prompted me to create a PIN is that it declared that using PIN is more secure than using a password.  <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/hmm-480174" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HMM">HMM</a>, how or why is it more secure?  It is fewer characters than the password I was using, and this would probably the case with many users.  <br/><br/>For a reference on creating a PIN for Windows 10, see <a href="http://www.howto-connect.com/windows-10-create-4-digit-pin-logon/">Windows 10 – How To Create 4 Digit PIN Logon</a><br/><br/>Not logical, as Spook would say.<br/>Four digits t have 10,000 permutations from 0000 to 9999.<br/><br/>Passwords are often six or more letters.<br/><br/>Six letters would have from  AAAAAA to ZZZZZZ using only capital letters.<br/>Google says there be  308,915,776 possibilities.<br/>what is 26 * 26 * 26 * 26 * 26 * 26<br/>What are we missing here?   <br/><br/>Sure a pin isn't as secure as a full password but we are talking about Windows logon here - It's there to protect against people casually trying to get into the PC, if you are determined enough it'll be easy enough to bypass a Windows login password and unless disk encryption is set up, even easier to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/access-846773" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ACCESS">ACCESS</a> files stored on the system.  As far as I'm aware, if you enter the pin wrong 5 times it will lock you out for 30 seconds, so if you factor that in, trying to brute force the pin is totally impractical.  It's also possible to set up a total account lockout if required which will prevent an account from logging on if the password/PIN is entered incorrectly <em>n</em> times.  If a 4 digit pin is enough to secure my debit card, it's enough to stop someone casually logging onto my PC.<br/><br/>On regular <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/pcs-244204" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PCS">PCS</a> I still use a full password since I find it's quick enough to type sitting at a keyboard (pretty much muscle memory) however I use a pin on my Windows 8.1 tablet (soon to be upgraded to Windows 10) - On a tablet a pin is nice and quick to enter, having to open a keyboard and type a password on an on screen keyboard while pressing different buttons to switch between alphanumeric keys and symbols is a total pain on a tablet.Actually, I used 5 digits for my PIN.  The link I posted implies the PIN would only be a 4-digit number.  I did not read that article before I created my PIN and I did not assume the PIN would, or must, be a 4-digit number.  I do not know what the limit is on the number of digits but knowing it can be longer than 4 digits allows making it more secure than 4 digits.  I had the release ver. of 10...now have the full release...neither have prompted me for a PIN logon...Interesting. Quote from: patio on September 09, 2015, 08:01:49 AM</p><blockquote>I had the release ver. of 10...now have the full release...neither have prompted me for a PIN logon...Interesting.<br/></blockquote> <br/>The Insider Preview program is still active, and those who participate receive builds of new versions of Windows 10. the released version is Build 10240; Soybean has 10525, so presumably this PIN feature is something they've added since general availability and is only available to those still part of the Insider Preview program.Got it...Thanx.I have 2 machines running Windows 10<br/><br/>1. 64 bit upgrade from Windows 7 (10.0.10240)<br/><br/>2. 32 bit Insider Preview (10.0.10532)<br/><br/>Both have the "Create a PIN to use in place of passwords" option in Settings - Accounts - Sign-in options. To get it to show you may need to <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ensure-972238" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ENSURE">ENSURE</a> that this setting is disabled:<br/><br/>Local Security Policy - Local Policies - Security Options - Interactive logon: Do not display last user name<br/><br/>When this policy is set to Enabled, apart from the Last User Name, neither Picture Password nor PIN is displayed at logon. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/pin-and-picture-password-logon-not-offered-windows">http://www.thewindowsclub.com/pin-and-picture-password-logon-not-offered-windows</a><br/><br/><br/>All 5 of my Win10 machines are set to auto-login.  Don't need password or PIN.</body></html>


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