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I am having an issue with removing a password from my account on Windows 10. The account is currently password protected, but I do not want it to be. To resolve this, I attempted to use the "Settings" app, but doing so resulted in the following error.
As this is my personal computer and I am administrator, I have full access to the computer's policy settings. Here are the settings I have for password-related settings.
Why am I still unable to remove my password completely? I am running Windows 10 Pro x64 build 10240.
DaveTheMinion
Posted 2015-07-18T22:01:52.300
Reputation: 4 578
If you suspect this to be a bug you should report it. This user connected to a Microsoft Account by chance? Your current displayed settings are identical to a virtual machine I have, of 10240, and I don't have this problem. What do you mean exactly by "removing" a password? – Ramhound – 2015-07-18T22:31:49.043
This is a local account. The account previously had no password, then I accidentally made it a Microsoft Account. I have since undone that setting, but I cannot remove my password. By removing my password, I mean setting the password to be blank so that it is not protected. I suspected that it was a bug, but I wanted to be sure. – DaveTheMinion – 2015-07-18T22:37:17.900
If you give me a minute to create a snapshot. I will test it, because my local account with no password was connected to a Microsoft Account also, I can test easily enough. Only problem I have is I have a pin connected to the account, which I can't seem to remove, but thats a separate issue. – Ramhound – 2015-07-18T22:40:47.240
Thank you. I've also noticed that booting up is very slow. My screen goes black for at least a whole minute at times. – DaveTheMinion – 2015-07-18T22:45:55.827
You should run the DISM and SFC tools. The behavior you describe is suspect. – Ramhound – 2015-07-18T22:49:06.857
1I did the following. Logged into my Microsoft Account connected account, switched to a local account with no password, I then logged into the local account without a password with no problems. This isn't a bug. I don't sync my settings, if you do, you might be running into a conflict situation. I also created when i created this vm, the local account, then linked it to a MA. – Ramhound – 2015-07-18T22:51:29.137
Thanks! Would those tools fix the problem for sure? – DaveTheMinion – 2015-07-18T23:19:29.223
The only way to find out is to run them. – Ramhound – 2015-07-18T23:27:05.770
@Ramhound Very well. I ran in to numerous other issues as well, so for now, I opted to roll back to Windows 8.1 and try the upgrade again. Hopefully it resolves the issue, although if it doesn't, at least I know of a few possible solutions. – DaveTheMinion – 2015-07-18T23:57:41.517