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How to by-pass MS login PIN
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Hope this "Essential Information" isn't sent in plain text in an email.
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I use a password manager which allows documents and files, as well as logins, to be held in an encrypted online store. You can nominate another user of the same system to have "emergency access". My DD is set up as such. If needed, she would request access through her account and I would be emailed asking if access should be granted. If I don't reply within a set time (24 hours in my case) she will get access.
I set up a test account to test it out and it works. 🙂
Of course, you need to have total faith in the security of the encryption and the storage.
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The other way of looking at it is if you don't want people rummaging through your computer when you are gone then make sure you use a local.account and an unguessable pin.
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