DDU safe mode warning to not forget microsoft account password

[maligno]

Should i worry about this even tho i don't have any passwords in my pc? i kinda want to use ddu rn but im afraid i get to lock my self in the safe mode.

[Omega]

In safemode you need to login with your password. Not a pincode, but password.

You are using a Microsoft account, so it will be password from your hotmail/outlook email.

[maligno]

What if i didnt use my windows account? like in my case, i used local account. Should i still need to enter my pass?

[Supafly]

Originally posted by krztiunn:

What if i didnt use my windows account? like in my case, i used local account. Should i still need to enter my pass?

If you have no password set it shouldn't be an issue. Worst case you get a password screen and can't login to safe mode to use DDU. Just restart computer from the password screen to return to windows normally.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Originally posted by Omega:

In safemode you need to login with your password. Not a pincode, but password.

You are using a Microsoft account, so it will be password from your hotmail/outlook email.

This isnt accurate anymore for semi up to date Win10
The last big update (Not the H2 blah blah or whatever) one made it so you can use your Pin OR Password for Safemode, before it was Password only.
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OP
Before Entering Safemode make sure any Pin/Password is correct for the logged in account.
Then enter safemode manually first, after which you can then use DDU to do so as needed.

[maligno]

I just used ddu earlier and it's all good now. Thanks guys

[Matthias]

Wtf is a "password not a pin", and if I've never heard of a "Windows pin" but only password? If they go so ballistics about it (which I've never noticed before), it seems to be crazy important, and what if what I think is a password they call a pin? How do I know what is what? I just login with a password, why should this need a warning anyway? So, it could be the "pin", if they warn about it... Makes no sense.
I've never in my whole life heard anything like that, and they say themselves "if you've forgotten..." So how about saying what it is? This pretentious casual non-explaining online is so annoying.

Edit: Okay, so according to an article on guidingtech.com, the PIN is basically fancy pretentious new nonsense that's 10 times more complicated but one is supposed to think is so much simpler (although of course they do pretend it's actually good).

[[☥] - CJ -]

Pin is a 4 digit quick access pass, Password is well, a password using numbers letters etc.

It needs a warning because being able to use a Pin in safe mode instead of the password was introduced a few major updates ago, it wasnt always an option. So either a PIN or a PASSWORD is used to enter, unless you dont have such a thing on the PC account.

[Matthias]

Okay, it's some fancy nonsense. Thanks.