Changing the authentication type in Windows 8 is easy if you know how

From our Welcome to Windows 8 space, we like to share with you a lot of tricks, guides and tips on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 so that you can learn to use these environments and make the most of the benefits of our system. Today we are going to tell you how to change the authentication type in Windows 8

On many occasions, we find ourselves needing to have a type of authentication to access our Windows 8 account, but perhaps, over time, we feel like it change the authentication type again and this can be done easily if we know how

Changing Windows 8 authentication is easy

Many of you may have been using the new Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 operating system and you probably wonder how to perform different actions , functions and settings in this system that you still do not master or do not know in depth.

You are in luck, because every time Microsoft builds its systems always thinking about the users and the ease of being able to solve problems or learn about the system quickly by users, without having to have a very extensive or advanced knowledge of computers.

Today we want to tell you how we can change the authentication of Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 in a very simple way thanks to its versatility and usability that has Windows 8. Through a few clicks, we will be able to adjust and configure our Windows 8 system totally to our liking.

The types of authentication that Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 has are mainly three:

• Password: will ask us for an alphanumeric password each time we try to access our account
• Image password: In this case we would choose an image that was the password to access our account
• PIN: is a fast authentication method in which we should insert only four digits

Steps to perform to change the authentication type of Windows 8

If we find ourselves in the situation described above, in which we have a type of authentication activated, for example via Windows Live, and we want to change the authentication methodto a local account, the steps we must perform are the following.

1. First of all, we will open the search box, pressing the keyboard shortcut Windows + W or Windows + Q and we will type add, remove and manage other user accounts

   

2. Now, from the Accounts screen we will select Login options

   

3. The authentication option using Image password is one of the most interesting, since, if we have a touch device, we It will allow us to store gestures that only we know about.

   

4. In the password type password, we will be asked to insert the alphanumeric password we want (numbers and letters), in double form , to avoid later problems if we were to get confused on the first occasion when inserting the key

   

5. And finally, in the PIN mode we would simply be asked to insert a 4-digit pin code twice

   

And in this simple way, we could change the type of authentication of our Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 system. Without a doubt, Microsoft is always evolving and offering users news that can be very useful, in this case, related to the security of our system and our files

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