Setup A Picture Password; Setup A Pin - Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Getting Started

Setup a Picture Password

Use this procedure to easily setup a picture
password on your Surface tablet.
 Find a picture that you want to use for your
picture password
 Make sure it's in your Pictures folder on
your Surface or in your OneDrive
 Go to the Charms bar (swipe in from the
right side of the screen)
 Click the Settings charm then select Change PC Settings
 Select Accounts then Sign-in Options
 Next select Add under the Picture Password section
 You will be prompted for your full password, enter it and you'll get a screen with a Choose
picture button. Tap it
 Browse to the picture you want to use and select it
 Tap the Use this picture button when the How's this look? screen appears
 Draw your gestures on the screen. You will have to have 3 different gestures
 Confirm those gestures. If you make a mistake, click Start over to try again

Setup a PIN

Now let's go over how to setup a PIN instead. It's
pretty much the same thing but not quite as many
steps.
 Go to the Charms bar (swipe in from the
right side of the screen)
 Click the Settings charm
 Select Change PC Settings
 Select Accounts
 Select Sign-in Options
 Tap Add in the PIN section
 You will be prompted for your password, enter it
 Next, you'll be asked to enter and confirm a 4-digit PIN number. Do so then tap Finish
So now, instead of needing to enter a long password, you'll just have to enter a 4 digit PIN to
access your device. It's a lot quicker than entering a long alphanumeric password.
If you want, you can have both a picture password and a PIN. You can switch between them via
the sign-in options item below the password or PIN fields. If you're using a picture password,
you'll have to click the
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Switch to password button first to see it.