Changes to login methods

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Changes to login methods

E Charles Wright 21

I open my laptop see the landing page wait to kick it up with my mouse... that used to take me to my login picture... my preferred method to login ... lately I have different methods poked at me for login... that "hello" collect my fingerprints and face stuff... it was not offered as a choice, which is annoying to the point where I turned off the Hello stuff... then email/password or pin options come up... I could do them, but don't want to... have done phone confirms... annoying... today who ever was supposed to send a text code was sleeping on the job... did the pin... I want the picture points method back and can't find where to find sign in preferences are set... I have wasted almost an hour on this nonsense again... A lot of the new stuff in an update seem to be to annoy and waste time... not interested in a 'lookie what we did for you video' in about every update... I just want to get 15 minutes of online time done in 15 minutes. Gets me tempted to vent on social media... another waste of time.

E Charles Wright 21 Reputation points

2021-05-10T05:23:52.943+00:00

I did get my picture password set up again, partly by repeated rebooting to get the option back to do the picture password... Went and read information similar to what was offered as help... thanks for the help... I am still not sure if the latest update was the problem... or a missing path to the picture. Some information did not quite fit the problem until repeated reboots fixed the ability it see the options the advice mentions... I have a number of items (drives and accessories) that come up as the laptop is coming up, some get lost in the process... My next try would have been a bare reboot,... just a mouse maybe... then re-add the extra stuff...

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E Charles Wright 21 Reputation points

2021-05-10T05:23:52.943+00:00

I did get my picture password set up again, partly by repeated rebooting to get the option back to do the picture password... Went and read information similar to what was offered as help... thanks for the help... I am still not sure if the latest update was the problem... or a missing path to the picture. Some information did not quite fit the problem until repeated reboots fixed the ability it see the options the advice mentions... I have a number of items (drives and accessories) that come up as the laptop is coming up, some get lost in the process... My next try would have been a bare reboot,... just a mouse maybe... then re-add the extra stuff...

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Whenever we can across the login screen, we have to select picture password option to switch from password and unfortunately this can't be changed. The reason behind this behavior is that picture password and PIN didn't work in Safe Mode. Thus there are some limitations in making picture password the default sign-in option.
You could refer to the following website to set up your picture password, then login system by this way.
How to create and use a picture password in Windows 10 | Digital Citizen
https://www.digitalcitizen.life/create-use-picture-password-windows-10/

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Anonymous

You can follow along here.
https://www.howtogeek.com/135561/should-you-protect-your-windows-8-pc-with-a-picture-instead-of-a-password/

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Anonymous

Any progress or updates?

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E Charles Wright 21 Reputation points

2021-05-10T05:30:43.917+00:00

It only allows 1 accepted answer... they were basically the same answer... a review of how to,... yours also offered a pop up... thanks for the effort.

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