Policy

Prevent plaintext PINs from being returned by Credential Manager

Microsoft Windows

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Prevent plaintext PINs from being returned by Credential Manager
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Smart Card
Supported on
At least Windows Vista Service Pack 1

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy setting prevents plaintext PINs from being returned by Credential Manager. If you enable this policy setting, Credential Manager does not return a plaintext PIN. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, plaintext PINs can be returned by Credential Manager. Note: Enabling this policy setting could prevent certain smart cards from working on Windows. Please consult your smart card manufacturer to find out whether you will be affected by this policy setting.

Internal name
DisallowPlaintextPin
Policy ID
2992f69ab718
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SmartCardCredentialProvider
Value name
DisallowPlaintextPin
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\SmartCardCredentialProvider
Value name
DisallowPlaintextPin
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.