{"id":12149,"date":"2017-01-08T10:29:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T15:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=12149"},"modified":"2017-01-08T10:29:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T15:29:27","slug":"use-a-four-digit-pin-to-log-in-to-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/use-a-four-digit-pin-to-log-in-to-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Use a Four-digit PIN to Log In To Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"auto-style744\"><span class=\"auto-style737\"><strong>Use a Four-digit PIN to Log In To Windows 10<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>We strongly recommend you use a password or PIN to protect your Windows 10 user account(s).\u00a0We find that logging into Windows 10 with a 4-digit PIN to be faster and easier than typing in a strong\/complext password. \u00a0A PIN is the perfect solution for those of you who don&#8217;t want to type in a password every time you log in to Windows 10, but who want to keep their account secure. \u00a0You&#8217;ll may hear that using a 4-digit PIN\u00a0is not as secure as logging in with, let&#8217;s say, a 14-character password, but it\u2019s much better than using nothing at all.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to change your Windows 10 login to a four-digit pin:<\/p>\n<p>Click Start \u2014&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\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2017\/pin2.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"468\" height=\"241\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style744\"><span class=\"auto-style737\"><br \/>\nUnder PIN click \u201cAdd\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style744\"><span class=\"auto-style737\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2017\/pin3a.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"458\" height=\"467\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style744\"><span class=\"auto-style737\">\u00a0When you click Add under PIN you\u2019ll be prompted to verify your Windows Password.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2017\/pin4.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"468\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enter a 4-digit PIN (see image below), verify it, then click Finish. The next time you restart Windows 10 you\u2019ll be prompted to enter your PIN. If you ever forget your PIN, you will be redirected to the normal password prompt and you can log in by typing in your password.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2017\/pin5.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve\" width=\"468\" height=\"276\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use a Four-digit PIN to Log In To Windows 10 We strongly recommend you use a password or PIN to protect your Windows 10 user account(s).\u00a0We find that logging into Windows 10 with a 4-digit PIN to be faster and easier than typing in a strong\/complext password. \u00a0A PIN is the perfect solution for those of you who\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/use-a-four-digit-pin-to-log-in-to-windows-10\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12150,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12149\/revisions\/12150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}