Windows 10: Upgraded cpu and it asks me to set up pin again but the alternate email to that account was...

Someone please help i cant not use my pc for this long,dont have access fo the alternate email so i cant receive a security code,ive put in a request to change the alternate email but that process takes a while and now i have no way to log in to my pc

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Windows 10 phone - email setup asking for pin?

I am seeing the same issue on a windows phone recently upgraded to 10 via the insider program.

I have an exchange account working on it fine, but an outlook.com account will not complete setup as it is asking for a PIN as mentioned above.

I have a device PIN to login to the phone but this is not what the pop up box is asking for as I have tried.

Not able to find any mention of 'PIN' within my outlook.com account online and although I have sms and email alternative contacts setup in the outlook.com account neither receive a pin verification number when trying to set the account up.

any ideas?

cheers

Mark

 

Asks for PIN when adding a different hotmail account to the mail app

Are you sure now you are not mixing the password and the PIN? I checked my previous post and the information told in it is both accurate and valid.

To put it very short: if you sign in to windows using an MS account Email1@OutlookOrHotmailOrLive.com, and you want to add Email2@OutlookOrHotmailOrLive.com to the Mail app, the PIN asked is the PIN (not the password) for the Email1@OutlookOrHotmailOrLive.com, your current Windows sign-in account.

Below a live example with screenshots.

By default a Windows user account has no PIN. It needs to be set up, either when installing Windows or later on if skipped when installing. When set, the PIN for the Windows 10 sign-in is four or more digits long, as the user prefers. In your case if it auto enters after 4 digits, you have a 4 digit PIN. I use a 5 digit PIN, in my case when I add a new Microsoft email account to mail app it auto enters after the 5th digit.

Here's how it works:

My Windows sign-in MS account L: @abcdefgh.com is already automatically added to Mail app, later on I have added a second MS account. Now adding a new account L: larry.laffer@abcdefgh.com, I enter this new account's credentials normally:




When added, the account tells Attention Required. Clicking the account I get the option Fix account selecting it:




The next dialog is a bit confusing. It asks me to verify that the L: larry.laffer@abcdefgh.com is mine by asking the current Windows 10 sign-in accounts PIN, that of L: @abcdefgh.com




I enter my Windows sign-in 5 digit PIN for the user account L: @abcdefgh.com, the account I am currently using to sign in to Windows, and now the L: larry.laffer@abcdefgh.com will finally be added to the mail app.

If you are not sure which PIN you have set up, if you have forgot it, go to your account settings and change it. Notice that if you have forgotten the PIN, you need first to remove it, then set a new one. Changing the PIN will first ask the old PIN which of course if you have forgotten it you cannot enter.

• PIN - Add to your Account in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
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• PIN - Remove from your Account in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums