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How to remove pin permanently?

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We have a new laptop in our small office. I'm trying to remove the PIN required for accessing the system. I have followed the directions on how to remove/reset a pin (directions on the MS Windows 10 site)

  1. Open the Settings, and click/tap on the Accounts icon. ...

  2. Select Sign-in options, and click/tap on I forgot my PIN.

  3. Click/tap on Continue.

  4. Leave the PIN fields empty, and click/tap on Cancel.

  5. Your PIN will now be removed.

I have done this multiple times, but the pin remains so that every time anyone wishes to use the system they must first type in the pin. Then even if the pin is correctly entered, the user is forced to go through the process of asking MS for a code in order to use the system. This happens each and every time anyone attempts to access the system and has gotten enormously frustrating.

In addition, despite having chosen Chrome as our web browser, when we click on the browser to connect, we are forced into Bing (possibly the worst, slowest and least accurate web browser ever). I have selected Chrome as the default and Firefox as the secondary.

If anyone can tell me how to (1) Remove the pin permanently and also avoid having to input a code each time we use the laptop, I'd very much appreciate your help. (2) Is there a way to permanently get the default browser instead of Bing? Note Please: I have already chosen Chrome as a default in the Default Apps page.

Thank you in advance for any help.

Hello Shoya52, welcome to the Microsoft community, I'll be happy to help you today;

I understand that you want to log into Windows without using a Pin or password;

Initially I recommend that you try the method provided in the video below to remove password and Pin in Windows 10:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IXGtUzlj64


Now for the browser question I recommend that you try to change Chrome's search engine;

Open Google Chrome and click on the three dots at the top right of the screen to access Settings;
Click on Search Engine in the left menu;;
Under Search engine used in the address bar, click on the drop-down menu on the right and change it to Google;
Now Bing shouldn't be your search engine anymore;

Hope I helped, see you soon!

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