{"id":10769,"date":"2016-02-26T11:17:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T16:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=10769"},"modified":"2016-02-26T11:17:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T16:17:01","slug":"use-a-4-digit-pin-to-log-in-to-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/use-a-4-digit-pin-to-log-in-to-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Use a 4-digit PIN to log in to Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sign Into Windows 10\u00a0With a Four-digit PIN<\/h1>\n<p>Unless you disable the password login completely (not recommended) you\u2019re going to have to type in a password every time you start Windows. But what if you could log into Windows with a four-digit pin number? Maybe it\u2019s not as secure as logging in with a 14-character password, but it\u2019s much better than turning off password log in all together.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like log into Windows 10 with a four-digit pin, follow the instructions below:<\/p>\n<p>Click Start &#8212;&gt; Settings (you can also access setting by pressing the key combo Windows key + i )<\/p>\n<p>Click on Accounts then click Sign-in Options (See below).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2016\/accounts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"603\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2016\/accounts1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under PIN click \u201cAdd\u201d (I\u2019ve already added a PIN so my option says \u201cChange\u201dinstead of Add). 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