Problem with PIN requirements from Organization account

[Isaac]

On my personal laptop, where my pin has always been a 4 digit number, this morning I accidentally added my Work account under "Access Work and School", before realizing that I was on my personal laptop - not my virtual work desktop. I immediately Disconnected it, (but it lasted about 30 seconds), and opened my work virtual desktop to proceed appropriatlely there.

But, something about that work account seems to have 'stuck' because my laptop just a few minutes ago forced me to change my PIN, and forced it to be 6 digits, saying my Organization required that. But under Access work and School, there IS NO organization!

how can I get out from under these "ghost" requirements that seem to have stuck based on VERY BRIEFLY having my work account added to my computer ??!!?

I'm on Windows 10 Pro

 

[Isaac]

well chatgpt helped me and I think I got it solved - at least, KIND of. I was able to change my sign in option to "Password" instead of pin, and now my previous 4 digit pin works as my password - very strange! The only difference now is that I have to press enter after entering my 4 digit pin instead of how it was before, but that's not a big deal.

 

[KitaYama]

The only difference now is that I have to press enter after entering my 4 digit pin

Log in automatically after typing pin is known as Automatic PIN Submission.
There's no explicit setting in Windows Settings UI to toggle Automatic PIN Submission. But Pins set up under windows Hello, turns on Automatic PIN submission.

Make sure your PIN is set up via Windows Hello (not a fallback legacy mechanism).
Go to Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options
Under PIN (Windows Hello), make sure it says it's set up.
If not, remove the existing PIN and set it up again using the "Set up" button.

You can turn on Automatic Pin Submission through regedit too:
open regedit and navigate to :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI
Look for a value called EnableAutomaticPINSubmission. If it exists:
1 = enabled
0 = disabled
If it’s missing, you can force it. Right-click > New > DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it EnableAutomaticPINSubmission, then set the value to 1.
Restart your PC after making changes.
Correction: Seems that Microsoft has ditched this key. I can not find the reference page I had saved. Sorry.

 

[Isaac]

Thanks much for the detailed help.
The only problem is, even though I do sign in now with a 4 digit number, windows considers it my Password (perhaps at some point in the past I did actually make my password the 4 digit number). And in fact when I go to windows hello section, it says Currently Unavailable.

 

[KitaYama]

it says Currently Unavailable.

Last try :

Try to activate windows Hello:
Press Win + R, type gpedit.msc, press Enter
Navigate to:
Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Logon
Double-click “Turn on convenience PIN sign-in” and Set it to Enabled
Click OK and restart

If your windows version is win 11 home, you have to go through registry. Windows home doesn't come with group policy editor:
Press Win + R, type regedit, press Enter
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
If the key doesn’t exist, right-click Windows → New > Key → name it System

In System, right-click → New > DWORD (32-bit) Value
Name it: AllowDomainPINLogon
Set the value to 1

Also check if there's a value named UsePassportForWork under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PassportForWork\Policies
If it exists and is set to 0, change it to 1
If missing, skip it
Restart your PC

 

[Isaac]

Yeah I had already tried that, unfortunately still stuck