Password protection is one of the most prominent security layers we add to our gadgets. Be it laptops, PCs, and smartphones or any other modern-day product that ...

Microsoft recently added a passwordless sign-in option to Microsoft accounts for consumer-level Windows users, including anyone using Windows 10 Home edition and, soon, Windows 11 home edition. Prior ...

When you start Windows 11/10, you are asked to enter your password to be able to log in. This is to protect your Windows PC from unauthorized access. But if you are the only person to use the PC and ...

If your keyboard suddenly stops working or some of the keys don’t work when you try to log in to your PC, you are stuck unless you get a new one or borrow one. The good news is that you can still log ...

On the first day after your vacation, you sit down at your PC, type in the password — and fail. Windows says: “The password is incorrect. Please repeat the process” and expects you to click “OK.” ...

In Windows 10 and Windows 11, you can easily dodge the login password—completely or by setting up an alternative means of authentication. Lance is an experienced writer who tries to unravel the ...

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Papa John created a strong, complex password for his Microsoft account–as he should. But he wants a simpler password for logging into Windows 8.1. Microsoft built Windows 8 on the assumption that your ...