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Locked Out: A Morning Mystery with My Laptop

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Tags: Browser, Microsoft, Windows

This morning, I encountered a peculiar issue with my laptop. Despite entering the correct password, I was unable to access my account. Additionally, alternative login methods such as fingerprint recognition and PIN had vanished.

Thankfully, I managed to reset my password through a different admin account on the same laptop.

Could this have been a security breach?

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• This topic was modified 4 months ago by kees_b.

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Two plausible causes are mentioned in https://nl.ifixit.com/Answers/View/378801/Windows+10+says+password+is+incorrect+when+it+wakes+up+from+Sleep

1. A Windows update pending
2. Caps lock or num lock active.

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Hi @kees_b,

As you mentioned in the article :https://nl.ifixit.com/Answers/View/378801/Windows+10+says+password+is+incorrect+when+it+wakes+up+from+Sleep that it was the case of num lock, and caps lock, I also want to share that it can also happen because of downloading the pirated softwares. I happened to download filmora from a pirated website and I wasn’t able to log into my computer and I had to renew the whole window.

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