So you forgot your Windows password and are now locked out. What to do? We'll show you the best ways to get back into the system.

Easy access to your data even without a password Important first: Logging into Windows with a user name and password is not primarily used to protect your data, but to assign individual user profiles.

Even if someone were to capture your fingerprint, face, or PIN, they would only be able to use it to log into your Windows Hello-enabled PC and wouldn’t be able to access your Microsoft account.

Arif Bacchus/ Digital Trends Step 6: Enter a name and a password, and you'll be taken to the final parts of the OOBE. That's all there is to setting up Windows 11 without a Microsoft account.