I am running Windows 10 with a PIN and have been since before its release (I am still on the Insider track), and I haven’t once been forced to enter my password in Windows, even after restart.
UAC, the lock screen, even viewing Chrome’s auto saved passwords are all accessible using just my PIN. The pin is equal to a password in terms of access in the GUI.
If you would still like to change your password for peace of mind, and you are not using a Microsoft account, this may be done by opening Command Prompt as administrator (with a right click in the Start Menu) and running the command net user USERNAME PASSWORD
, replacing USERNAME with your username and PASSWORD with your new password.
Unfortunately, I am using a Microsoft account. – haemse – 2019-10-23T22:34:45.023