Disabling security questions in Windows 10 pro

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Disabling security questions in Windows 10 pro

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Windows 10 v 1803 upon installation, selecting an offline account, asks for 3 "recovery questions", and related recovery answers. Answers to these questions are trivially accessible from any social network, and using it as "alternative passwords" adds no value to me.

Comment puis-je disable this entire feature?
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Re: Disabling security questions in Windows 10 pro

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Instead of setting the password during the OOBE wizard, set it later. This hasn’t changed from earlier versions of Windows where you had to enter a password hint.

After the setup process is complete, press Ctrl+Alt+Del et sélectionnez “Change a password”. You will be prompted to enter your old password (empty) and your new password.

If you already entered security questions, you’ll probably have to remove your password first and then use the Ctrl+Alt+Del method. Depending on the how you remove the password, you may lose access to EFS-encrypted files.

Like the password hint on earlier Windows versions, this probably cannot be deactivated on non-domain accounts.
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