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

[Jim Geisman]

My Lenovo Yoga keyboard was flaky to so I got a bluetooth keyboard 
that's another alternative if you want to keep using the machine.

HTH

Rich at tnr via Hidden-discuss wrote on 5/15/2024 7:59 AM:
>
> 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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