Page 904 - Windows 10 May 2019 Update The Missing Manual: The Book That Should Have Been in the Box

out a password is one of them, yes, but everybody hates passwords. So in

Windows 10 you have all these ways to prove you’re you:

Draw three lines, dots, or circles on a photo you’ve selected.

Type in a four-digit number.

Type a traditional password.

Use your fingerprint, if your computer has a built-in fingerprint
scanner.

Just look at the computer’s camera. If it recognizes your face, it
signs you in.

Look into your computer’s eye scanner until it recognizes the
iris of your eye.

Note

Those last three ways require specialized equipment; most computers don’t offer them. They’re
part of a Windows 10 feature called Windows Hello. These days, in fact, Windows Hello does
more than sign you into your PC. It can also sign you into a few apps (including Dropbox, Enpass,
and OneDrive)—and, in theory, even certain websites, although they’re hard to find.

Skip the security altogether. Jump directly to the desktop when

you turn on the machine.

So how do you specify which method you want? It all happens on the

“Sign-in options” screen shown in Figure 18-5. Just follow the admirably
simple steps in the sections that follow.

Note

Every account still requires a regular text password; you’ll need it when, for example, installing
new software or making system-wide Control Panel changes. The drawing-lines thing, the four-
digit thing, the no-password-at-all thing, and Windows Hello are all additional ways to sign in.