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stopping a Pin signin loop, How to get a user login?
FlashGordon7 wrote:
I was looking at msconfig Services this morning and I see why a lot of people are having this problem. One Microsoft tech thread had 1000+ “I’m having this problem too” on the pin loop situation. Services has a “Disable All” option and it is my contention if you have Pin enabled and you Disable All Services you put yourself in a very bad situation (can’t sign in with the pin you know and you can’t reach any other login options). Disable All is easy to do and I’m sure most people think they can’t hurt themselves by choosing it.
FlashGordon7, Before you hit Disable all, you must check the Hide all Microsoft services option to prevent this issue from happening. Microsoft has always recommended to hide Microsoft services first and then disable third-party services in accordance to perform clean boot: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd
You are right about Services. That said, I was using Services to try to debug a problem where File Explorer wouldn't refresh (you'd delete a file and it would still show in file explorer). I actually did try to turn off all non-Microsoft services one time and it didn't fix the File Explorer problem. What did fix the File Explorer problem for me was to uninstall iCloud for Windows. Of all the non-Microsoft Services none of them showed Apple as the Vendor. iCloud for Windows is an "App". Is there some Service that starts all the App's?
FlashGordon7 wrote:
Is there some Service that starts all the App's?
FlashGordon7, AFAIK, the services may use a shared host. The shared host usually club similar processes to make less burden on system resources.