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If you’ve been using Microsoft Windows for a while you’re probably quite familiar with Windows Updates.
These periodic updates to the Windows operating system do everything from patching newly-discovered security holes to adding entirely new features the OS.
Unfortunately, they also occasionally cause problems and one of the latest updates to Windows 10 is causing a big one.
I’ve been answering questions on here for several years now, and as you might expect some questions tend to get asked over and over on there.
For example, I recently answered the following question (for the third time) over there:
“How can I select text to copy using a Windows tablet?”
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As you probably know, Windows 10 loves to install new Windows Updates at times when you’re least expecting it.
That can be a huge problem if a bad update happens to break your Windows installation in some way.
Question from Randi F.: I’m taking French this year and I have a question about using that language with my laptop.
I’d really like to have a second Windows user account with French set as the language.
I’ve heard this can be done but I don’t know how to set it up. Can you tell me how to do it?
Question from Beverly: My 7 year old laptop stopped working last year and I replaced it with a new one that has Windows 10 on it.
When I was setting up the new laptop it asked me to create a password for logging into Windows.
Then it also asked me to create a PIN.
I’ve been logging in with the PIN ever since but I recently read an article that said passwords are more secure than PINs.
I’ve been logging in with my password since then but the log-in screen still gives the option to use the PIN when I click the “Sign-in Options” link.
If I can choose to enter the PIN instead of the password a computer thief would be able to as well, right?
My questions is, how do I completely remove the PIN from my laptop?
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