locked out of imac 24" m1 win11 signin

[myusrn]

I could have swore that when i setup imac 24" m1 win11 arm using vmware fusion for apple silicon that i set the password to blank password.  We'll its been a few weeks since i booted that vmware fusion hosted win11 on arm install and hitting enter without typing in any password is not working.  Any other tips that vmware fusion might have for requiring that administrators group enabled user password given i tried the replace utilman.exe with cmd.exe trick and it appears windows now blocks that.

[Technogeezer]

Fusion doesn't have any requirements for enabling the built-in Administrator account for Window or tricks to bypass account login. You're at the mercy of Microsoft. 

If you've forgotten your Windows password (or mis-typed it), treat it like you would a physical machine. For example. start with https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-or-reset-your-windows-password-8271d17c-9f9e-443f...

[myusrn]

Thanks for the follow up and the link.  Coincidentally it made me realize that i was being challenged for a PIN, which i never set, instead of the password, which i did set to <empty>.  So just simply changing the credential option i was providing in the login screen from PIN to Password resolved the issue. A big doh on my side.