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Problem with PIN Availability in Safe Mode
Hey Everyone, Encountering an issue when trying to enter safe mode on Windows - a prompt appears stating "Your PIN is unavailable due to an error." Clicking on the "Set up my PIN" option yields n...
Yeah, that’s normal — Windows Safe Mode doesn’t load the PIN subsystem (it needs extra services that don’t run there). Just log in with your Microsoft account password instead, or enable PIN in Safe Mode by turning on Network Safe Mode and running:
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\TestHooks" /v SafeModeAuth /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
Then reboot — your PIN should work again.
Thanks for the reply, but that wasn't the problem. On my main PC, PIN works. The solution ended up being to create a new local user account with access to files and use that logon to connect the new computer.
