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‎03-26-2016 03:45 AM

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Product: HP840 G2
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I activated the sparekey option as it popped up on my screen thinking it would improve the security. But now the sparekey security questions show in my sign in options. I no longer have the benefit of a pin login anymore and am very disappointed. I even deactivated sparekey from the BIOS Setup but the sign in option does not change. 

 

Can anybody help me remove the sparekey sigh in and restore the pin sign in

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‎03-26-2016 02:56 PM

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@Merwin_HP840G2 wrote:

I activated the sparekey option as it popped up on my screen thinking it would improve the security. But now the sparekey security questions show in my sign in options. I no longer have the benefit of a pin login anymore and am very disappointed. I even deactivated sparekey from the BIOS Setup but the sign in option does not change. 

 

Can anybody help me remove the sparekey sigh in and restore the pin sign in

Look here?

 

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-System-and-Recovery/HP-SpareKey-problem/td-p/669085

 

http://support.hp.com/za-en/document/c01443321

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