PIN sign-in bugged in Windows 11 domain


ditendra08

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Hello everyone,
apparently I'm having a very rare bug in Windows 11 regarding PIN sign-in... My work computer is in domain and as we know by default PIN sign-in in domain is disabled, however it can be enabled via group policy. I have enabled it via group policy, set the PIN, but seems like PIN complexity in group policy is bugged in Windows 11 in domain, because I also changed it to minimum 4 characters, yet Windows is telling me that I need to have 6 characters and it won't let me change to 4. So, then I decided to add picture sign-in. I did it easily, however, when Windows starts by default it still asks me PIN to enter, not the picture sign in. So, I tried to remove this PIN sign-in at all, but seems like it's grayed out. I googled it and articles say to turn Off the toggle switch next to “For improved security, only allow Windows Hello sign-in for Microsoft accounts on this device“ in Accounts -> Sign-in option. However I don't even have “For improved security, only allow Windows Hello sign-in for Microsoft accounts on this device“ there at all! Apparently disabling PIN sign-in via group policy isn't working either. Another solution I found is to disable PIN via regedit, I did that too, which grayed out everything about PIN in settings and said PIN unavalable, but when starting Windows I still have this plagued PIN sign in, sigh... It feels like PIN sign-in is forced so strongly that nothing seems to be working to get rid off it or at least change it to 4 characters instead of 6. I don't know what else to do, I'm going crazy. I can't get rid off PIN at all.

Note that this problem is occurring only in domain. If I join workgroup with local user, everything is working fine, for example I can set PIN with only 4 characters and if picture signin is enabled too, Windows asks me to use the method which was last used. Everything seems perfect, but as soon as I join back to domain, all those nightmare is happening what I described earlier.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 24H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-10400F
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B460M DS3H
    Memory
    Patriot Viper Steel Series 96GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS TUF RTX 3080 V2 GAMING OC 10GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2721D 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    Solidigm™ P41 Plus Series 2TB NVMe + 2TB HDD + 4TB HDD
    PSU
    XFX PRO1050W Black Edition (80+ Gold)
    Case
    Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus
    Cooling
    Arctic Freezer 34 eSports
    Keyboard
    A4tech FX50 Ultra-Slim
    Mouse
    Razer Basilisk V3
    Internet Speed
    Fiber Optics 80 MB/s
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    None
Did you also change the requirements for the passcode? You need to make sure that both are compatible.
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    Linux Arch (Windows 11 in a VM)
Did you also change the requirements for the passcode? You need to make sure that both are compatible.
I did of course. Anyway, I found a fix for this solution. Seems like instead of going to "Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Logon -> Turn on Convenience PIN sign-in", I had to go to "Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Hello for Business". Since, I enabled it, everything worked fine.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 24H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-10400F
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B460M DS3H
    Memory
    Patriot Viper Steel Series 96GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS TUF RTX 3080 V2 GAMING OC 10GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2721D 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    Solidigm™ P41 Plus Series 2TB NVMe + 2TB HDD + 4TB HDD
    PSU
    XFX PRO1050W Black Edition (80+ Gold)
    Case
    Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus
    Cooling
    Arctic Freezer 34 eSports
    Keyboard
    A4tech FX50 Ultra-Slim
    Mouse
    Razer Basilisk V3
    Internet Speed
    Fiber Optics 80 MB/s
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    None

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