How to set up a Password for Windows 11

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Unfortunately, this forum is mainly for families and individuals for basic technical support of the system or software, since the question you are asking involves advanced features, which has exceeded the scope of support of our forum, it is more suitable for publishing on Microsoft Learn - Windows 10 Network(microsoft.com) & Microsoft Learn - Windows-11(microsoft.com), you can click on "Ask a question", there are experts who can provide more professional solutions in that place. 

A similar anomaly does exist if your current user account is switching between a local account and a Microsoft account. You can then refer to the tips below:

1. Create a new local account and configure a password, then add the user to the list of users allowed to access in the advanced sharing options, and then use the account password to access on a separate computer. Create a local user or administrator account in Windows - Microsoft Support

2. Set the network of two devices on the same LAN to Private network. Make a Wi-Fi network public or private in Windows - Microsoft Support

I won't be able to help you, but I'll leave that question open in case one of our amazing volunteers has ideas for you.

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Mosken_L - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

I'm going crazy too, have you found a solution?

This is a mind boggling disconnect.

Signing into your own computer over the network for purposes of File and Printer Sharing and Remote Desktop is a basic feature especially for private families and prosumer individuals. Everybody else has a domain controller locally or in the cloud which provides the suitable authentication methods for those scenario's not involving families and prosumer individuals.

It shouldn't and didn't require advanced features. And adding a local account is not a solution, it might very annoyingly do so for File and Printer Sharing - since it requires managing a seconds set of passwords for family members. But it certainly doesn't for Remote Desktop.

What do you expect? That I buy Windows Server and spend days setting up a domain controller in my family??? Or did Microsoft intend that I go back years reducing the security of my Microsoft Account online by getting myself a password which I haven't had for years?

Can we get some reality here? Fine to get rid of NTLM but where is the modern secure alternative?

1. Go to settings

2. click "Accounts"

3. Click "sign in options" under "Password"

Use the prompts to set up "sign in using password instead"

I found this somewhere a while back and did it. Thanks.

I should point out that step 2 isn't quite right. It should be

Click "sign in options" and then select Password

Wilton

ChatGPT helped me figure this out.

On Windows 11 machines, go to Setting > Account > Sign-in Options and then scroll down to where it says "For improved security, only allow Windows Hello sign-in for Microsoft...." and turn it off.

That should allow you to sign in with your Microsoft login on the lock screen,

Cheers,

I'm pretty sure that my security got screwed by adding security to Windows.

I haven't had a password for many years now and up until Windows 10 I could still sign in with a password to the local Windows computer, e.g. with Remote Desktop and with File and Printer Sharing.

None of the above solutions work, because since I cannot set the local password for my Microsoft Account, it is useless to change the suggested options, or follow the steps mentioned.

I absolutely definitely don't want to go to a webpage to change my password, as the useless help links at the bottom of Accounts > Sign-in options suggests. That is my Microsoft Account. It shouldn't have a password. You will have to breach my firewall to use my password.

To add a computer account rather than a microsoft account try:

settings --> Accounts --> Other Users --> Add Account

Then on How will this person sign in? select "I don't have this persons

sign-in information."

Create Acount select "Add a user without a Micosoft account"