[Hidden-tech] How do you turn off the passcode requirement on a Lenovo PC laptop?

[Rich@tnr]

2 angles - get a spare keyboard, they use a USB plug now - you can 
probably get a used one cheap - you might need it anyway

OR, just turn off the login screen - there are a bunch of ways, google 
if for the version of windows on the machine

R.

On 5/14/2024 8:05 AM, Shel Horowitz via Hidden-discuss wrote:
> Hi, folks, I haven't asked a question in a while and I'm trying to 
> proactively ask this before it prevents me from using my computer. I 
> have a 2018 Lenovo laptop. When I got it, it was my only computer and 
> I was taking it on trips, etc. so I enabled a passcode on 
> startup/wakeup. But now I have the Mac I inherited when my stepfather 
> died, which is much lighter and less bulky (although it's several 
> years older than the PC). But bit by bit, the Lenovo keyboard is 
> failing. So far, luckily, the specific keys in my passcode 
> arestillworking. But the x, z, and spacebar are all unreliable and I 
> worry that at some point, one of the keys in my passcode won't work 
> and I won't be able to use the machine. I got an estimate for 
> replacing the keyboard/keypad assembly and it was more than I want to 
> spend on such an old machine.
>
> Is there a way to remove the need for the passcode? This computer 
> hasn't left my house in several years.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur"
>
>
>
>
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