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Windows 11 skips password / pin when booting up

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10 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

It's linked to my MS accound and i'm using the MS account to login. (if the login actually appears)

OK, this should work I believe.

 

Go to Settings / Accounts / scroll a bit down and DISABLE this

 

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then the checkmark should be in the netplwiz

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It's been happening for a few days now. When i press the power button the PC goes straight to the desktop without asking for login information, even though i have he windows hello PIN feature activated. It only asks for login information if i manually lock the computer. This is obviously a big security problem, so any help is appreciated.

 

I'm using the most recent public Windows 11 build 21H2, no updates available.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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8 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

It's been happening for a few days now. When i press the power button the PC goes straight to the desktop without asking for login information, even though i have he windows hello PIN feature activated. It only asks for login information if i manually lock the computer. This is obviously a big security problem, so any help is appreciated.

 

I'm using the most recent public Windows 11 build 21H2, no updates available.

do you even have password installed?

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Press Win+R and type in netplwiz and press ENTER.

 

Then check if Users must enter a user name and password is enabled

 

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17 minutes ago, bal723 said:

do you even have password installed?

It still worked a few days ago.

 

3 minutes ago, WereCat said:

Press Win+R and type in netplwiz and press ENTER.

 

Then check if Users must enter a user name and password is enabled

 

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This checkbox doesn't exist for me:

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If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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5 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

It still worked a few days ago.

 

This checkbox doesn't exist for me:

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do you have Windows linked with MS account? I think it won't appear if not but I'm not sure

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6 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

It still worked a few days ago.

 

This checkbox doesn't exist for me:

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then idk, its win11 so its bassicly hell

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5 minutes ago, WereCat said:

do you have Windows linked with MS account? I think it won't appear if not but I'm not sure

It's linked to my MS accound and i'm using the MS account to login. (if the login actually appears)

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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10 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

It's linked to my MS accound and i'm using the MS account to login. (if the login actually appears)

OK, this should work I believe.

 

Go to Settings / Accounts / scroll a bit down and DISABLE this

 

image.thumb.png.7cc34adf211ffcd59d63e5eadf5a798b.png

 

then the checkmark should be in the netplwiz

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Just now, NinJake said:

Windows 11 home, pro, enterprise?

Pro.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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1 minute ago, WereCat said:

OK, this should work I believe.

 

Go to Settings / Accounts / scroll a bit down and DISABLE this

 

image.thumb.png.7cc34adf211ffcd59d63e5eadf5a798b.png

 

then the checkmark should be in the netplwiz

That made the checkbox appear. Thanks! PC is currently updating to 22H2 so i can't manually restart. I'll let you know if it worked in a bit.

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If the fix that @WereCatdoesn't work. Check out Regedit as admin user and navigate to "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon"

 

Look for "AutoAdminLogon" key, if it's set to 1 it will attempt to automatically log in. Set to 0 to disable.

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24 minutes ago, WereCat said:

OK, this should work I believe.

 

Go to Settings / Accounts / scroll a bit down and DISABLE this

 

image.thumb.png.7cc34adf211ffcd59d63e5eadf5a798b.png

 

then the checkmark should be in the netplwiz

It works now. Either it was your fix or the update itself. Thanks again!

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