Windows 11 "Your PIN is no longer active" error when switching between 2 almost-similarly configured KVM

Software & Operating Systems VFIO
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I setup a clone of my Windows 11 VM (“Windows”) where I have the QXL video enabled and removed the GPU passthrough (aka “Windows-noGPU”).

When I launched “Windows-noGPU”, I was greeted with the “Your PIN is no longer active” message. I reconfigured it (decided to link my Xbox account to it so I guess that saved me). When I went back to “Windows”, same thing happened. Any idea how I can make that stop happening, while still keeping the PIN sign-in option?

2

I would prefer we could just get rid of that crap. My Pin service freaked out this weekend and wouldn’t let me login. Had to reboot for it to work.

3

I’m gonna try with a local account and not use a pin/Windows Hello later.

Edit: that worked.

4

Did you turn off TPM? This is a common symptom of TPM getting disabled.

5

Nope.