{"id":8355,"date":"2016-11-22T01:09:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T01:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=8355"},"modified":"2017-11-09T07:51:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T07:51:21","slug":"change-pin-complexity-requirements-policy-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/change-pin-complexity-requirements-policy-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Change PIN Complexity Requirements Policy in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PIN login was first introduced in Windows 8 that lets users to login with a four-digit number. The PIN is really short and simple that could be compromised easily by hackers.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Windows 10 includes the PIN complexity feature that allows to set up a complex PIN with special characters, uppercase \/ lowercase letters. The PIN isn&#8217;t restricted to four digits and it can be as complex as Windows text-based password. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you how to change \/ enable the PIN complexity requirements policy in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 1: Enable PIN Complexity Group Policy in Windows 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut, type <strong>gpedit.msc<\/strong> in the Run box and press Enter. This will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-local-group-policy-editor-in-windows-10\/\">open the Local Group Policy Editor<\/a>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/gpedit.png\" alt=\"gpedit\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6676\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the following location on the left side:\n<p><code>Computer Configuration &gt; Administrative Templates &gt; System &gt; PIN Complexity<\/code><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re running Windows 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607) or earlier, navigate to:<\/p>\n<p><code>Computer Configuration &gt; Administrative Templates &gt; Windows Components &gt; Windows Hello for Business &gt; PIN Complexity<\/code>\n<\/li>\n<li>On the right side, you can see 8 different policies to customize PIN complexity. Note that changing PIN complexity does not impact existing PIN login, only affects new PIN created.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/pin-complexity-policy.png\" alt=\"pin-complexity-policy\" width=\"593\" height=\"325\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8360\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Require digits: Your PIN must contain at least one digit number.<\/li>\n<li>Require lowercase letters: Your PIN must contain at least one lowercase letter.<\/li>\n<li>Require uppercase letters: Your PIN must contain at least one uppercase letter.<\/li>\n<li>Expiration: This policy lets you set the number of days before the PIN expires and forces users to change PIN.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/pin-expiration.png\" alt=\"pin-expiration\" width=\"600\" height=\"553\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8362\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Maximum PIN length: This policy lets you set a maximum number of characters you can use to create a PIN.<\/li>\n<li>Minimum PIN length: Determine the least number of characters that a PIN may contain. This should be less than the Maximum PIN length.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/minimum-pin-length.png\" alt=\"minimum-pin-length\" width=\"600\" height=\"553\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8361\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>History: Prevent you from reusing previously used PINs. You can configure Windows to remember 0 to 50 history PINs.<\/li>\n<li>Require special characters: Your PIN must contain at least one of these special characters: ! &#8221; # $ % &amp; &#8216; ( ) * + , &#8211; . \/ : ; &lt; = &gt; ? @ [ \\ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~ .\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/pin-special-chars.png\" alt=\"pin-special-chars\" width=\"600\" height=\"553\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8363\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Once you are done setting up the PIN complexity, restart Windows 10 to make your changes take effect. Now when you try to set up a new PIN, you can see the &#8220;<strong>PIN requirements<\/strong>&#8221; link under the PIN box. Click the link and you can view the PIN complexity requirements configured on your computer.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/pin-requirements.png\" alt=\"pin-requirements\" width=\"456\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8365\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Part 2: Use Registry Editor to Enable PIN Complexity in Windows 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are running Windows 10 Home edition, then you&#8217;re unable to access the Local Group Policy Editor. In that case you can use the Windows Registry Editor to enable PIN complexity.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut, type <strong>regedit<\/strong> in the Run box and press Enter. This will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/\">open the Registry Editor<\/a>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/regedit-via-run.png\" alt=\"regedit-via-run\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7481\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the following key on the left side:<br \/>\n<code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\PassportForWork\\PINComplexity<\/code><\/p>\n<p>If the <strong>PINComplexity<\/strong> key doesn&#8217;t exist, you need to create it manually.\n<\/li>\n<li>On the right side, you can create separate DWORD values for each PIN complexity policy. For example, if you want to set the PIN to expire after 30 days, right-click the empty space and select <strong>New<\/strong> -> <strong>DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong>, name the newly-created value as <strong>Expiration<\/strong>. Double-click on it, enter 30 (Decimal) in the Value Data box and click <strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PINComplexity.png\" alt=\"PINComplexity\" width=\"563\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8364\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digits: Require digits<\/li>\n<li>Expiration: Expiration<\/li>\n<li>UppercaseLetters: Require uppercase letters<\/li>\n<li>LowercaseLetters: Require lowercase letters<\/li>\n<li>MaximumPINLength: Maximum PIN length<\/li>\n<li>MinimumPINLength: Minimum PIN length<\/li>\n<li>SpecialCharacters: Require special characters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t want to enforce one of PIN complexity policies, just delete the corresponding DWORD value and you&#8217;re done. 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