If Windows 11 ARM makes you "change" a password that never existed

The latest auto-update of the Insider pre-release of Windows 11 ARM presented me with a user login saying my password had expired and I needed to make a new one. Only problem was I had never been asked to set one up originally ...

If that happens, just leave the "current password" field blank, then go ahead and set up a password in the "new password" field and it will then go ahead and make that your password going forward.

Hope that helps someone!

 

Thank you very much. This solved the same problem I was having.

 

Glad it helped... It felt like kind of a "Mr. Obvious" solution once i did it, but previous to that I was really struggling trying to enter my previous Windows 10 credentials, etc. I had no expectation that UI field for the password would accept no input as a success... but it did!

 

Thank you very much. This solved the same problem.

 

Thank you very much! This would have been great to know before I recreated the VM

Great to know for next time!

 

Perfect...scratched my head on this one.

 

oh wow, thank you SO much for this! I've been internetting ever since I was a teenager and the amount of passwords I have in my brain (and my iCloud Keychain, which is a godsend for me) is literally dazzling. All the more fascinating since I can meet someone, look them in the eye, shake their hand and spend a great evening with them and not remember their name half an hour later...

Anyway. I really, really appreciate when people take the time to make posts like this once they've solved an obscure problem. You could have just worked it out and moved on, but you took the time and that to me is the magic of humanity. I hope you all reading this have a wonderful life.