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Microsoft password
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The pin is IN ADDITION to your password. Assuming we're talking about the SAME Microsoft account on pc and laptop have you tried resetting your password on the laptop?Supatramp said:...On my laptop, I simply need a pin number, but that doesn't seem to apply on my pc.0 -
grumpycrab said:
The pin is IN ADDITION to your password. Assuming we're talking about the SAME Microsoft account on pc and laptop have you tried resetting your password on the laptop?Supatramp said:...On my laptop, I simply need a pin number, but that doesn't seem to apply on my pc.With my laptopwhether my laptop is the same account as my pc, I only need to put in a pin. Quite honestly, I can't remember whether my laptop is on the same account as my pc. As I say, when I switch my laptop on, it asks for my pin, I put it in, and that's me in.The problem with my pc, is that when I say I forget my password, it then asks me 3 questions, the answers to which as fairly basic, but it says that one of the answers is wrong. That is obviously wrong because the questions/answers are so basic, I can't put in alternatives!David.0 -
Microsoft doesn’t invent the answers to security questions. It simply stores what you enter. You stated confidently that the answers are case insensitive but I am surprised by that.Supatramp said:grumpycrab said:
The pin is IN ADDITION to your password. Assuming we're talking about the SAME Microsoft account on pc and laptop have you tried resetting your password on the laptop?Supatramp said:...On my laptop, I simply need a pin number, but that doesn't seem to apply on my pc.With my laptopwhether my laptop is the same account as my pc, I only need to put in a pin. Quite honestly, I can't remember whether my laptop is on the same account as my pc. As I say, when I switch my laptop on, it asks for my pin, I put it in, and that's me in.The problem with my pc, is that when I say I forget my password, it then asks me 3 questions, the answers to which as fairly basic, but it says that one of the answers is wrong. That is obviously wrong because the questions/answers are so basic, I can't put in alternatives!At the log on screen, have you checked there isn’t an option to switch it to use a pin? There is on m8ne, but it is a bit obscure.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
GDB2222 said:
Microsoft doesn’t invent the answers to security questions. It simply stores what you enter. You stated confidently that the answers are case insensitive but I am surprised by that.Supatramp said:grumpycrab said:
The pin is IN ADDITION to your password. Assuming we're talking about the SAME Microsoft account on pc and laptop have you tried resetting your password on the laptop?Supatramp said:...On my laptop, I simply need a pin number, but that doesn't seem to apply on my pc.With my laptopwhether my laptop is the same account as my pc, I only need to put in a pin. Quite honestly, I can't remember whether my laptop is on the same account as my pc. As I say, when I switch my laptop on, it asks for my pin, I put it in, and that's me in.The problem with my pc, is that when I say I forget my password, it then asks me 3 questions, the answers to which as fairly basic, but it says that one of the answers is wrong. That is obviously wrong because the questions/answers are so basic, I can't put in alternatives!At the log on screen, have you checked there isn’t an option to switch it to use a pin? There is on m8ne, but it is a bit obscure.Are you saying that the answers are case sensitive?Presumably I'd have had to set a pin when I was setting it up, so not having that option is maybe the reason why I don't have that.David.0 -
Sorry, the 3 questions mean you have a LOCAL account on pc NOT a microsoft account. As already suggested - put the pc disk in a caddy and plug it into your laptop and copy off any photos, docs... that you need.GDB2222 said:Supatramp said:grumpycrab said:
The pin is IN ADDITION to your password. Assuming we're talking about the SAME Microsoft account on pc and laptop have you tried resetting your password on the laptop?Supatramp said:...On my laptop, I simply need a pin number, but that doesn't seem to apply on my pc.With my laptopwhether my laptop is the same account as my pc, I only need to put in a pin. Quite honestly, I can't remember whether my laptop is on the same account as my pc. ...0 -
Are you sure you used the truth because I certainly don't as anyone who knows me either knows the truth or can find out really quite easily.
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badmemory said:Are you sure you used the truth because I certainly don't as anyone who knows me either knows the truth or can find out really quite easily.
The 3 questions were, first school, where I was born, and name of first pet. The first 2 are not questionable, and the 3rd, I've only had 1 pet in my life, so again unquestionable
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