Windows 10 - won't stop asking for a password no matter the settings

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Windows 10 will just not stop asking me for a password now I've added my microsoft account to the damn thing.

I added my MS account as I wanted to backup my key ready for wiping and reinstalling fresh.

Now, no matter what the settings in netplwiz or via the control panels 'Sign In Options' are set to.

Right now netplwiz is unticked. - After doing this i entered my microsoft account details, as it was showing the 'local' username rather than my account and I knew that account didn't have a password at all, thinking that was what was breaking this whole thing. It accepted my password without quibble.

I went back into the control panel and my 'Sign In Option' has always been set to never ask, and still is showing never ask.

Now, if I lock, sleep or reboot the machine it asks me to re-enter the long (And rather complicated) password again. As multiple users use this account I'm not going to expect them to all memorise it, nor am I going to create accounts for them. Is there some other setting I'm missing somewhere? I've found if I simply Remove my account altogether it goes back to accepting the local user with the blank password, however this just makes the whole backing up the key thing stupid.

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Ok, after re-entering the settings - rebooting now works as expected - it logs in automatically, but if the machine sleeps/is locked, it doesn't log back in, instead asking for the password.

djsmiley2k TMW

Posted 2017-05-29T18:32:13.093

Reputation: 5 937

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I was going to suggest to disable/reenable for the netplwiz, because I know from experience that you can do this with a windows live account, though figuring out the username could sometimes be a problem.

You figured this out already, so here is the remaining question:

Ok, after re-entering the settings - rebooting now works as expected - it logs in automatically, but if the machine sleeps/is locked, it doesn't log back in, instead asking for the password.

Yes, this is expected behavior. A computer gets locked when you lock or sleep. However, requiring a password at unlocking is a simple setting you can disable.

You can find it here:

Start Menu -> Settings (gear) -> Account -> Sign-In Options -> Require Sign-in.

Change this from "When PC Wakes up from Sleep" to "Never".

LPChip

Posted 2017-05-29T18:32:13.093

Reputation: 42 190

Yeah.... even with that option enabled, 'locking' the PC still does exactly that, however resuming from sleep is now ok. Is there someway to actually disable the lock behaviour? :D – djsmiley2k TMW – 2017-05-30T09:09:26.350

I don't think there is one. Although with the new Creators update, you can actually make windows automatically unlock based on peripherals such as a nearby phone. – LPChip – 2017-05-30T09:15:35.757

1The only alternative I can think of is this: convert back to a local account, and remove the password. – LPChip – 2017-05-30T09:18:27.007

Yeah might have to do this, bit silly that locking the screen with a local account with no password allows you to unlock easily, but the moment it's a ms account you can't :/ – djsmiley2k TMW – 2017-05-30T09:50:06.140

Not silly, its because you cannot set a passwordless ms account. – LPChip – 2017-05-30T10:25:49.787

Ah, I'd argue it is, because it's a local account that's associated to a MS account @LPChip and you can't make changes to the MS account without entering the password for that, anyway :). Basically, either account username+password, should work and log in and then require the MS account for MS account changes. Either way accepted as the answer, as you're right about it locking when locked. – djsmiley2k TMW – 2017-06-01T13:07:40.187

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