It's so simple, it's driving me insane

[ComputerDave]

The answer has got to be simple, but I am working on a Win 10 OS and cannot figure out how to rid myself of this nonsense. Google Lens doesn't even recognize it.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

That's Windows Hello...which is an easier and more secure way to log in.
You can disable Hello, remove options found in "Sign In Options" (type that into search, or go settings...accounts...sign in options).

Various differences in if it's Windows Home, or Pro, and if the computer has a local Microsoft account, or an AzureAD joined account (thus it's controlled upstream in AzureAD).

 

[britechguy]

You can disable Hello, remove options found in "Sign In Options" (type that into search, or go settings...accounts...sign in options).

True, but I don't think a lot of people want to do that "on the Windows side," but only on the sides of the things where they've enabled the use of Windows Hello.

PIN and/or biometric login for Windows itself is really quite handy, but I don't necessarily want to extend that option to, in this case AOL.

I actually use "the Hello method" for certain entities but not for others. I can turn that ability off, if I change my mind, on the "other side of the handshake."

 

[ComputerDave]

That's Windows Hello...which is an easier and more secure way to log in.
You can disable Hello, remove options found in "Sign In Options" (type that into search, or go settings...accounts...sign in options).

That's what one would think. At least I have something to research now.

 

[britechguy]

You can't have Windows Hello facial recognition (period) if the camera is disabled, even if it would work with it enabled (and not all cameras do), just as you can't use fingerprint recognition if the fingerprint sensor is disabled.

My laptop would support facial recognition, had I set it up, but here's what the same settings you showed look like here:


I do have a couple of sites that allow me to sign in by using my Windows PIN rather than having to enter a password, but I can choose to disable that on those sites were I to change my mind.

Based on what yours shows, entering your PIN should log you in as things stand at the moment.

 

[ComputerDave]

Sir, thank you. You have been very kind to me in the past, and I always appreciate it. Yes, of course, the PIN was the missing piece of the puzzle. It was so simple.

 

[britechguy]

@ComputerDave,

You're quite welcome. I actually love the option of using a Windows Hello method to log in elsewhere. Since the only "Hello Technique" I use is PIN, that's what it always happens to be for me. If my laptop had a fingerprint sensor, it would probably have been biometric verification instead.

But if you've turned that option on elsewhere, you can also retract the permission there as well.