password error

Forum discussion tagged with password error.
  1. Jyrz

    Question Windows 10 unexpectedly asking for PIN, but never set one?

    This morning I booted up my laptop and it's asking for a PIN but I never set one. There is no option to use my password and "I forgot my PIN" doesn't seem to do anything, it looks like it's loading and then it just shows the PIN screen again. I've tried checking system files in cmd but I don't...
  2. B

    [SOLVED] Once again, Microsoft has made a dumb change to their OS

    I have 2 PC's, both running Windows 10. My first PC, which is able to connect to the internet, is 3 or 4 years old, and my second PC is 4 months old. With my new PC, I just recently moved my original Administrator Account to a new Administrator Account, so I can have the original account to be...
  3. M

    Question password character specifications

    i have been trying to create a password and it's telling me that i need a special character and an alpha character in my password, what's the difference? I looked up what the difference is and i get the same results.
  4. nimbuus

    Question BIOS password changed instead of clearing it Asus FX505GE

    Dear TomsHardware Community, My is with a new Asus laptop my sister bought for his son which i had the opportunity to install for the first time. However, before starting the installation i have attempted to clear the admin BIOS password in BIOS set by his son, and then rebooted the laptop to...
  5. Radioactive Gamer

    Can a bad powersupply, or at least a faulty PCI power connector cause artifacts?

    I have a corsair 80+ 500 watt psu, and a 660 non ti. Today when I turned on my PC, and booted into windows, I saw little flashing dots on the screen, and other wierd artifacts, I could not figure out why, and began to ruel the gpu going bad as the cause. However, just for the heck of it, I...