Image password is a feature introduced in the Windows operating system that allows you to create three different gestures on any image of your choice and to use these gestures as a password. The gesture can be any combination of circles, straight lines and tapping. For example, if the image was a face, the password for your image could be a tap on each eye, then a circle around the mouth. In this post, we will present the solution to the problem of Image password option under Connection Options is not available after enabling it in Group Policy in Windows 10.
Let’s take a look at a typical scenario where you may encounter this anomaly.
In Windows 10, assume that you have applied one of the following Group Policy Object (GPO) configurations under:
Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/Logon
Configuration 1
| Activate connection by confidential code | Not configured |
| Disable login by image password | Activated |
Configuration 2
| Activate the connection by confidential code | disabled |
| Disable login by image password | disabled |
You can follow the following registry key to ensure that the configuration is applied to clients under the registry path:
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsSystem
Registry key 1
BlockDomainPicturePassword: REG_DWORD: 1
Registry key 2
BlockDomainPicturePassword: REG_DWORD: 0
Once the configuration has been applied to the client, the Image password option under Connection options is not available.
Photo password login option not available
If the option to connect to the image password does not appear or appear in Windows 10, even after having activated it in Group Policy, here is what you should do.
To see the Image password and the PIN , you need to activate the PIN code in the domain for the first time. To do this, define the GPO as follows:
| Activate the connection by confidential code | Activated |
| Disable login by image password | Activated |
Here’s how:
- hurry Windows key + R to call the Run dialog box.
- In the Run dialog box, type gpedit.msc and press Enter to open the Group Policy Editor.
- In the Local Group Policy Editor, use the left pane to navigate to the path below:
Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/Logon
- In the right pane, double-click Activate the connection by confidential code Politics to modify its properties.
- With the policy properties window open, set the radio button to Activated.
- Click on Apply > Okay to save the changes.
- Then, still in the right pane, double-click Disable image password login policy to modify its properties.
- With the policy properties window open, set the radio button to Activated.
- Click on Apply > Okay to save the changes. You can now exit the Local Group Policy Editor.
After the PIN is activated even if you deactivate the option PIN again the option Image password The option is still available.
That’s it!
- Keywords: Connect, troubleshoot
