- [Instructor] At this point, you should know all about
signing into your computer.
When you turn your computer on,
you'll land here at the sign-in screen,
where you can click and then you'll type in your password
or the pin code for your user account.
But your computer might have the ability for you to sign in
with a fingerprint or a face scan or some other method.
And also, it's important to know how to
change your password or your pin code if you need to.
So of course, I'm going to sign in.
And we want to start by going into Settings.
So in the Start menu, I'll open up Settings.
Then on the left, we need to go to the section for Accounts.
And first, let's see how to change your main password.
If you ever suspect that somebody might know your password,
it's good to change it as soon as you can.
So if you sign into your computer
with a Microsoft Online account,
you can click where it says Your Info here,
then down here, click where it says Manage My Accounts.
That opens the website for your Microsoft Online account,
and there's an option here to change your password
and you can manage other details here.
So that's where you would go, but for now,
I'm just going to close this.
And I want to back up to the Accounts category
over here on the left.
And if you sign into your computer with a local account
that is not linked to a Microsoft Online account,
then you can change your password
by going into the Sign-in Options,
and you'll see the option to change your password
here on this list.
Okay, so let's back up to the Accounts category again,
because no matter what type of account you use
to sign into your computer,
if you need to manage your fingerprint or face scanner
or any other alternate methods for signing in,
that will be in the subcategory for Sign-in Options.
And we can see those listed here.
So, my computer does not have a fingerprint scanner
and it does not have a camera
that will work with facial recognition,
so I can see that those features are unavailable.
This just depends on what your computer supports.
So you might be able to set one of these up.
Just click on one of these options,
then you can click the button to set it up
and then go through the prompts from there.
But of course, all Windows 11 computers
will support a pin code.
And when you set up your computer,
you were probably prompted to set a pin code then.
If you need to change your pin code,
you can click this right here
and you've got the option to change that.
But keep in mind, your main password is and always will be
the primary way to sign in
or unlock certain features of your computer.
These other options are things that you can add
in addition to your main password
to make it easier to sign in.
If any of these other methods don't work
or are not available, you can always sign in
with your main password.
Now, I'm just going to stick with the normal password
and the pin code, and I want to see what happens
when I sign out of the computer.
So we'll go to the Start menu.
Click this button with my name on it,
which opens up the Account sub-menu
and I'll choose Sign Out.
And of course, we end up back here at the sign-in screen.
And it's the same as if you restarted the computer
or if you just turned it on.
So naturally, you can click on this screen,
and now, it's prompting me to sign in with my pin code.
Or if you've got another user account,
you could choose that.
But with this account, it's prompting me to
sign in with my pin.
If you use facial recognition, it may just scan your face
and sign you in immediately.
It's really pretty quick.
Or, if you have more than one sign-in option set up,
you will see a button here for Sign-in Options.
You can click on that and choose which one you want to use.
Now, I just have the one option to sign in with my pin,
but if you have the pin set up and if you forgot your pin,
you can always click here where it says I Forgot My Pin,
and then, you will need your main password for your account
and you can go through the process of
resetting or changing your pin.
So at the minimum, you need to remember your password
and you need to be able to change your password
if you ever think that somebody might have that password.
You should also remember your pin code if you have that.
And the other options like face recognition
and fingerprint scanners are all additional options
that you can set up if you want.