W10 asking for Account Password at Start up.

I've had this occur several times and it really gets up my nose.
This happened again today with my HP Notebook which I had been using about an hour before.
I shut down the Notebook as usual, then upon starting an hour later it requests my sign in on the Welcome screen!
All my comps have the same set up - NO p/w or sign in required.
It would not recognize my MS Password which really p****d me off.
I did a Hard Shut down and waited for half a minute then rebooted it.
It started up as normal without Password request.

Also whatever had caused this malfunction created another annoyance.
I wanted to check a Password saved in Mozilla Thunderbird and again it would not display the Passwords without me signing into my MS Account!!!

Another shutdown and count to thirty and all is well again - TILL NEXT TIME.
Anyone else experience anything similar?

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...problem-heres-the-5-step-fix/?sh=7e816c065fcc

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Thanks Doc. Seems MS have done something as it hasn't occurred recently.

 

You're welcome. Good to hear the problem hasn't occurred recently. Hopefully it'll stay that way.