{"id":76731,"date":"2024-10-12T12:31:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T07:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=76731"},"modified":"2024-10-12T12:33:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T07:03:00","slug":"change-password-missing-sign-in-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/change-password-missing-sign-in-options\/","title":{"rendered":"No Option to Change Password in Settings (Sign-in Options)"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you open Sign-in Options in Settings in a Windows 10 or 11 system, the option to change the password may be missing.<\/p>\n

\"password<\/p>\n

Cause<\/h2>\n

The “Password” option will be missing if the Windows Hello mandatory sign-in is enabled.<\/p>\n

Resolution<\/h2>\n

To restore the missing “Password” option in Settings, do the following:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Please open Settings, select Accounts, and click Sign-in options<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  2. Turn off “For improved security, only allow Windows Hello sign-in for Microsoft accounts on this device (recommended)”<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Close Settings.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Reopen Settings, select Accounts, and click <\/span>Sign-in options<\/strong>.\u00a0You should now see the “Password” option.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Click <\/span>Password<\/strong> \u2192 <\/span>Change<\/strong>, and then follow the instructions. You must enter your PIN. Then, click the “Forgot my current password” link to reset the password.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (or)<\/p>\n

    You can reset your Microsoft account (MSA) password via this link:<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/account.live.com\/password\/reset<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    When you open Sign-in Options in Settings in a Windows 10 or 11 system, the option to change the password may be missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[492],"class_list":["post-76731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-settings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18534,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/users-must-enter-user-name-and-password-missing\/","url_meta":{"origin":76731,"position":0},"title":"“Users must enter a user name and password” option missing","author":"Ramesh","date":"September 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"When you open the User Accounts dialog by running control userpasswords2 or netplwiz.exe to configure automatic login to your user account, the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer option may be missing in that dialog. 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