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Oh boy, do I have a small problem. For the past eighteen months, ever since I bought my current laptop, I have been logging into it using the fingerprint scanner as it is so much easier then typing a pin every time. We'll today I realized how dumb that whole idea is.

This morning I tried to login as usual but the scanner was failing to recognize my finger. So I would scan and rescan and rescan again trying to login in. Well I guess I tried to often.

Now I have a nice login screen that says: "Windows Hello has been blocked due to too many sign-in attempts. To unblock Hello, sign in with your PIN". There in lies the problem. I have not used my PIN in such a long time that I can not remember what it is. Now I am locked out of my own computer.

This really socks. I am hoping that someone here has an idea how to get around this login issue.

Win 10 Pro on a Lenovo E550.

Thanks in advance.
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