Windows login issues

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 12:50:34 +0000

This morning I tried to open my computer, and to my surprise Windows won't accept my fingerprint anymore, it says it requires the pin code to login, that sounds easy enough to fix, but turns out it won't accept the pin code either. Windows claims that security settings have changed and they need to send a security code to my email account for me to login ... but I'm stuck on the login screen, how do you expect me to check my email account if you've blocked me from login in ?

I don't have my email on my phone, turns out that's unsupported by Windows, I bet there is some mention in the documentation that you need a valid email, my mistake. Ok, I say, time to install a Linux distro just to open my email account. I kind of see now the appeal of Windows, it's very secure, nobody can log in to it, except hackers. What would a normal person even do in this situation if this is their only computer ? dual boot and force Secure Boot to accept a Linux distro just so they can check their email ? for anybody that tried to use Secure Boot with Linux would probably know that's not very likely, I guess the expected answer is to hire somebody to fix their computer.

Now if somebody needs to install a Linux distro just to access their emails for 5 seconds I'm willing to work, price is $1.000.000.000 and 73¢ per install, a totally reasonable price if you ask me. Ok, you might be asking why such a steep price for such a small task ? mostly to mock the fact that Microsoft forces people to rely on a completly unregulated market of tech support for even the most basic tasks. Maybe $1.000.000.000 is too much, I bet somebody somewhere found a much more reasonable price of $1000 or maybe even as low as $200, the work doesn't matter it's about how good you are at judging how much somebody is willing to pay. What is the right price for basically useless work ? nothing is broken, nothing needs fixing, just a whim of Microsoft made the computer stop being useful.