Stopped 'CNG Key Isolation' Service and Now Laptop Fails to Sign In with "Credentials Could Not Be Verified"- Is This the Cause?

[JamesBacon620]

usually I don't mess with Services and if I do intend to disable on, I look up whether or not it is safe to do so. this time however, for some reason I didn't and I ended up Stopping the CNG Key Isolation service on my Windows 11 Home laptop. I didn't Disable it but I stopped itaround 10 minutes later, I shut the laptop down and restarted it, where I was met with this message upon inputting the usual pin: "Credentials could not be verified"when I click next, it says "Something went wrong and your PIN isn't available"; I have the option to Set Up My Pin again, which I plan to do once someone ge

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