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System Name | Machine XX |
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Processor | Ryzen 7600 |
Motherboard | MSI X670E GAMING PLUS |
Cooling | 120mm heatsink |
Memory | 32GB DDR5 6000 CL30 |
Video Card(s) | RX5700XT 8Gb |
Storage | 280GB Optane 900p |
Display(s) | 19" + 23" + 17" |
Case | ATX |
Audio Device(s) | Soundblaster Z |
Power Supply | 800W |
Software | Windows 11 |
I have found myself in the ludicrous position of being locked out of my own pc.
I recently had a USB issue with a motherboard making it not boot anymore, it's a pain in the arse, but it's not the end of the world, I ordered another board and will send this one back, back up and running in 3 days or so I thought....
I pulled everything out of the case, installed the new motherboard and replaced all the hardware back in and it booted up ok after some warnings about no saved settings from the bios, then it got to the windows login screen fine. OK I thought, I just need to get my dock plugged back in and il be up and running. It's the same chipset, so I shouldn't need to do anything other than some utilities.
Unfortunately, when I clicked my username, it gave me a message of "PIN INVALID" and that I need to log in with my Microsoft account. No big deal I thought, so I logged in, and then it asks me for the last 4 digits of my phone number to send me an authentication code. So I put the phone number in, and it says It's sent it, but nothing ever arrives. I tried a few times. I have even waiting 24 hours and tried again and still nothing.
I found an option to change the authentication to an email address, but that now takes 30 days to transfer.
I know there is nothing wrong with my phone number because I got a text instantly when I requested to change the authentication to email, but the code never arrives. It's not in any spam folders, it just never arrives.
So now im locked out of my own PC I built for the next 30 days because Microsoft forced me to put a pin code on when I had no choice but to use a Microsoft account on it to retrieve a windows key.
If anyone had any ideas before I format my computer and install windows 10 I'm listening.
I recently had a USB issue with a motherboard making it not boot anymore, it's a pain in the arse, but it's not the end of the world, I ordered another board and will send this one back, back up and running in 3 days or so I thought....
I pulled everything out of the case, installed the new motherboard and replaced all the hardware back in and it booted up ok after some warnings about no saved settings from the bios, then it got to the windows login screen fine. OK I thought, I just need to get my dock plugged back in and il be up and running. It's the same chipset, so I shouldn't need to do anything other than some utilities.
Unfortunately, when I clicked my username, it gave me a message of "PIN INVALID" and that I need to log in with my Microsoft account. No big deal I thought, so I logged in, and then it asks me for the last 4 digits of my phone number to send me an authentication code. So I put the phone number in, and it says It's sent it, but nothing ever arrives. I tried a few times. I have even waiting 24 hours and tried again and still nothing.
I found an option to change the authentication to an email address, but that now takes 30 days to transfer.
I know there is nothing wrong with my phone number because I got a text instantly when I requested to change the authentication to email, but the code never arrives. It's not in any spam folders, it just never arrives.
So now im locked out of my own PC I built for the next 30 days because Microsoft forced me to put a pin code on when I had no choice but to use a Microsoft account on it to retrieve a windows key.
If anyone had any ideas before I format my computer and install windows 10 I'm listening.