Cannot retrieve passwords

[BrigitteDoris]

BrigitteDoris @leocg last edited by

@leocg Win 11 pro 22H2

How can I find the win login?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @BrigitteDoris last edited by

@brigittedoris Try in (Windows)Settings > Accounts

[BrigitteDoris]

BrigitteDoris @leocg last edited by

@leocg I did try that already but couldn't find anything amiss.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @BrigitteDoris last edited by

@brigittedoris What kind of account is being used, a local one or a Microsoft one?

[BrigitteDoris]

BrigitteDoris @leocg last edited by

@leocg Local!

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @BrigitteDoris last edited by

@brigittedoris And there's no way to recover the password?
Maybe you need to enable the login page.

[BrigitteDoris]

BrigitteDoris @leocg last edited by

@leocg I don't know if there is a way to recover the pw, hence my original post. How do I enable the login page?

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @BrigitteDoris last edited by

@brigittedoris Don't know, would have to check.

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 @BrigitteDoris last edited by

@brigittedoris Windows 11 can be installed as a local account, but that installation process will still ask for a username and password to be supplied. The user is allowed to leave the password field blank and it will be accepted by Windows (as requiring no user password for login). However, leaving it blank is not recommended since it can lead to odd "issues," since Windows uses the username and password to hash/encrypt certain 'personal/user' files that exist under the user account name.

How an application program later communicates Windows' username and password to Windows can cause issues when the actual password is simply a blank... in that case, Windows may read the application's 'blank' password response mechanism (if any) as being an incorrect or unsupplied password and reject access.

[BrigitteDoris]

BrigitteDoris @blackbird71 last edited by

@blackbird71 Makes sense!