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Wynona said:

Are there any about the PIN not showing networked items?

I have seen some unique ones that I haven't had.

I'll stick with a password.. a good one is very hard to crack/hack. A pin is just to short for my taste.

Wynona said:

<sniffle> <sniffle> <sniff> Wasn't yelling. <whine>

Oh sorry. I thought it was you. It was a puppy barking outside. :)

Wynona said:

Are there any about the PIN not showing networked items?

I have seen some unique ones that I haven't had.

I am using PIN on my Win8.1 T100 tablet. It's working fine. But apparently not on 10.

Wynona said:

When I first set up the PIN, it told me that PINs are the hardest of all to crack; I vaguely remember that it said (I think) it's on your computer and nowhere else. I've slept since then, so . . .

PINs are so much more convenient, and since this is a test computer, I don't do anything extraordinarily special on it, so no worries about being hacked.

Isn't the pin only 4 numbers long?? I would think a 8-15 character password with upper, lower case letters and numbers would be far harder to crack.

Wynona said:

I wish I could remember the exact wording of the blurb saying PINs are safer. I will make sure to write it down with the next clean installation of Windows 10.

They are safe.. I just prefer the longer password.

Before a hacker can get into your computer, they have to get through your firewall. The PIN or Password is useful if there's more than one user on a PC or if you are in the office and leave your PC after work hours. Or if you have a laptop that you bring with you everyday. A password will prevent someone from getting into your data if you lost your laptop. I've been using a PC at home for over 10 years without a password.

Wynona said:

Are there any about the PIN not showing networked items?

I have seen some unique ones that I haven't had.

Go to Windows Feedback and search "pin not working" and it will list most of them including not working in 10130.

On my personal computers I never used passwords to BOOT but banking and other very personal stuff are protected with strong passwords not allowed to be remembered on the computer. For getting in the system from outside, PIN is yet another layer of protection, they would still have to deal with password even if they broke the PIN.