
It said I had to change my 'microsoft password' and I did, I changed it more than once. Trust me, I tried more thann 40 combinations already. What happens after you change your password If you change or reset your. And they locked me out of the picture password, making me log in via 'type-in passowrd'. Windows Hello Windows Hello lets you sign in to your devices, apps, online services, and networks using your face, iris, fingerprint, or a PIN. Choose a password that you havent already used with this account. Select PIN (Windows Hello), and then select Change PIN.

In other words, if you sign into Windows 10 or Windows 11 with a local account password, you’ll still need to sign into your Microsoft account when you want to use Microsoft services and apps such as OneDrive,, or your Xbox Live account.Īlso, note that if you use a password manager like LastPass or KeePass and you created your Microsoft account before 2009, your Microsoft account password may be listed as your password.

If you signed in with a Microsoft account, most of your account settings and personal files are saved in the cloud on Microsoft’s servers. If you created a local Windows account, your account settings and personal files are saved locally to your computer’s hard drive.
