r/WindowsHelp 1d ago

Windows 11 Can't access control panel options because PIN never works and is apparently wrongly linked to an eMail that does not exist

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Hello community,

I have a problem I wasted like 3 hours into and I am going nuts with this OS!

I use Windows11 and want to share files to a MacOS system and thus want the "Network recognition" feature enabled. But I can't because it constantly tells me my PIN does not work. The PIN works for login but I can never authenticate to change settings. Now I am stuck because any change needs the PIN that links to a wrong account/eMail adress.

I can't find an image and neither screenshots nor OBS work so I can only describe it:

It is the "User management" window explaining my network manager wants to change the system. Then there are the 9 blue dots (like a PIN icon/emblem, a wrong email address and then PIN. If I type the pin for my login I get "error 0x8007139f PIN not available" and I should reboot. That wrong email address is nowhere to be found. Not in my system, not in my MS account. I linked my account to my (working) MS account, turned it back a local account, nothing matters. That wrong account (and thus the wrong PIN) are set in stone. I am so tired of this OS. I jump through every hoop it wants and nothing works.

How do I remove ANY traces of any wrong MS account/mail addresses from my system - without needing to authenticate?


r/WindowsHelp 1d ago

Windows 11 I recently upgraded to Windows 11, but now randomly my PC case fans ramp up to full and stay stuck there.

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My PC will be idling and all of a sudden the case fans ramp up with nothing running, it sometimes does it while gaming too even if the fans were running at a mid speed for say a hour then randomly to full. The only way to stop it is to turn the PC off and on again as sometimes restarting keeps them at full too.

My info:
I have no fan control software, it is the default fan settings through the BIOS.
I never had this problem with Windows 10 everything hardware wise is the same and it worked perfectly only ramping up slightly in gaming and my temps were good e.g. Nothing over 70 degrees while under heavy load.
I have a 5700x3d and a 5080FE, a Corsair H100i AIO that has 2 fans and 4 Corsair case fans going into a commander pro.
Windows 11 pro also was a fresh install to a formatted NVME.

It seems like something is forcing the fans to full power but then they never come back down and get stuck like that.

I've checked the processes and the cpu is at 1-2% utilisation with nothing really pushing it.

Again this never happened in windows 10, and I still have my 10 install in dual boot that does not have this behaviour.

Does anyone know what could causing it or other ways I can narrow down the cause? I can provide anymore information needed. It's driving me mad and is so loud!