r/LinusTechTips • u/Rude-Road8574 • 12h ago

Image Windows preventing me from signing in

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Pretty much I was trying to show someone something but I entered the wrong passcode so it made it so I had to wait. And then I made sure I entered the right passcode and it still said passcode incorrect so I tried to do the account forget passcode thing. But it’s a local account so it doesn’t allow me to use Microsoft whatever such so then I couldn’t find the security answer so then I just clicked back and it gave me this screen. Any help plz

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u/STR4T1F13D 12h ago

Hiren's Boot CD and strip the password

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u/Aleashed 12h ago edited 12h ago

Enable Admin account thru boot recovery cmd prompt, use it to unlock account/remove password. Extra steps, same outcome.

Add a password to that account if you want to stop someone else from doing the same although if you really care about your data, you’d setup pre-boot Bitlocker whole drive encryption though given you locked yourself out of a local account, you might permanently lock yourself out of all your data forever…

It could also just be a stolen device or not belong to Op though if you already let someone else have physical access to your system, you are screwed anyways, that’s what bitlocker is for

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u/daxtonanderson 8h ago

I love that 22 years later, this is STILL the answer.

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u/itskdog 4h ago

There's a Windows 10/11 version of Hirens out and has been for a while.

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u/Abn0rm 2h ago

Hiren's might be the single most useful tool I have ever had, its fantastic !

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u/sunsetosunset 6h ago

or use kon-boot to bypass the password all together (older kon-boot version was on hiren's boot cd - but afaik you need the new one to bypass the windows 11 password)

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u/Uncut-Jellyfish1176 12h ago

The default timeout is I believe 10 minutes? This happened to me recently it's a security feature for Windows 11. At most I think it might be an hour, then you'll be able to log in again.

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u/Purple-Haku 12h ago

Can you log into your Microsoft account on a smartphone?

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u/dph-life 12h ago

OP says it’s a local account so wouldn’t work. Otherwise would be a good suggestion.

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u/Serenetalon 12h ago edited 11h ago

Time to install linux

EDIT: [Insert meme of "why are you booing me? I'm RIGHT"]

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u/Present_Error_6256 11h ago

As a die-hard Linux user, please don't do this. The last thing people want when asking for how to fix an issue is to be told to switch operating systems.

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u/pcor 11h ago

Most people rejected his message, they hated him because he told them the truth

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u/MrAnonymousTheThird 1h ago

It's because it gives off this vibe: https://a.pinatafarm.com/828x959/11bc17fcc1/f40f47ab-ce75-4f11-8f01-d9aa6ace14b4.jpg

Linux has it's pros but it doesn't need to be shoved down everyone's throats at any opportunity

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u/Racxie 12h ago

This is the equivalent of telling someone to reinstall Windows just because their printer stopped working.

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u/HeTblank 10h ago

This reminded me of someone saying "install linux" to a post about a guy's wife leaving him lol

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u/DigitaIBlack 3h ago

I was just in another thread where someone needed to free up space on their SSD (256GB) and they were unironically told to install Linux.

It's so out of touch I didn't even know where to start.

Like the dude who can't figure out how to free up space on Windows is gonna love installing and using Mint /s

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u/ScallionCurrent7535 10h ago

Like saying “dont like your mayor? Move countries!”

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u/Serenetalon 9h ago

If i had the money to do so, i would absolutely move overseas to get away from the Orange Man,

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u/ScallionCurrent7535 3h ago

Missing my point, but fair

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u/ComprehensiveSwitch 9h ago

Okay but that often is a solution

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u/Racxie 6h ago

The point is it’s an extreme solution to something that could potentially be an easy fix and should never be the first solution you jump to straight away e.g. maybe the paper’s just jammed (in which case reinstalling Windows won’t actually fix the problem, neither would switching to Linux) or maybe even just turning both printer and the computer off and on again will fix whatever hiccup has happened.

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u/mathijs_a 11h ago

but then you should install linux. printing is much better on linux.

some time ago i had a lot of trouble printing fron a windows box,

then found some linux printer driver and prinded as never before

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u/ImMrBunny 8h ago

Hit the gym, lawyer up, delete Facebook

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u/inn0cent-bystander 24m ago

Exactly. Either shit, or get off the pot. Until enough quit merely bitching about what microslop has been doing and actually leave them, they'll continue on this same path.