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If you change your motherboard, your windows PIN won't work anymore, and you'll have to login to the underlying microsoft online account. A regular local accou
by toast0 2y ago
If you change your motherboard, your windows PIN won't work anymore, and you'll have to login to the underlying microsoft online account.
A regular local account with a password would still work after a motherboard change.
This is assuming no bitlocker. If you have bitlocker, I don't know if bitlocker key recovery will also fix the pin (hopefully you printed the recovery key and can find it)
I'm guessing this would also mess up passkeys.
- UltraSane 2y agoAMD CPUs have fTPM built in so the passkeys are actually stored in the CPU. This is more secure because separate TPM chips on the mobo have been attacked by listening to the traces from the TPM to the CPU.
- toast0 2y agoMaybe the PIN doesn't change if you swap the motherboard and keep the CPU, maybe. But if you swap the motherboard and the CPU your PIN doesn't work anymore.