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If users receive such an error, they would not be able to change, add or remove the PIN. The following troubleshooting could be tried to fix the issue: 1] Login using Microsoft account If it fixes your issue, you could make your linked old profile a local profile. 2] Check the TPM A TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a chip on a system used for security. The TPM stores artifacts with encryption keys and are necessary for authentication. You should know that all system’s do not have TPM. So, to ensure that the issue is not with the TPM, try the following: 3] Reset ACLs On Ngc Folder Of the many expected reasons for the error, one might be if the Access Control Lists (ACLs) on Ngc folder are corrupt. To isolate this possibility, we reset the ACLs. The procedure for the same, as suggested on MicrosoftAnswers, is as follows: Right-click on the Start button and then open Command Prompt in administrator mode. Execute the following command: Having done this, restart the computer and see if it has helped.