I... wasn't aware of that particular tidbit, but all the more worrisome. At least it was a genuine error and not part of a deliberate Microshit policy of enforcing the ability to lock one's computer down.

BitLocker has rescue codes, or something. I remember using them in such a situation. It was a corporate machine, and I had been instructed to obtain the rescue codes the first thing upon receiving it.

I have a windows 8 phone that’s up to 30 days between pin guesses.

I probably should give up and recycle it.

It's probably the first PIN you thought you tried.

Not speaking from experience, or anything.

But can you not remove the PIN screen entirely if you have access?