Google Chrome is one of the best and feature-rich web browsers that you can use to get almost anything done. From browsing regular websites to watching Netflix, Google Chrome does everything smoothly. It lets you share your screen with someone for remote assistance. For security purposes, you need to provide a PIN to the person who wants to access your computer remotely. Let’s assume that you often help your old parents with different Chrome problems from being far away. Instead of asking them to send you a PIN, you can enable this PIN-less authentication to get access to your parent’s computer quickly. It is possible to enable or disable this functionality using the Registry Editor and the Local Group Policy Editor. However, if you use the GPEDIT method, you must add the Group Policy Template for Chrome.
Enable PIN-less authentication for Remote Access Hosts in Chrome
To enable or disable PIN-less authentication for remote access hosts, follow these steps- Press Win+R, type, type gpedit.msc, and hit the Enter button. It opens the Local Group Policy Editor on your computer. After that, navigate to the following path- Here you can see a setting called Enable or disable PIN-less authentication for remote access hosts. Double-click on it and select the Enabled option to allow or Disabled option to block PIN-less authentication in the Google Chrome browser.
That’s it! It is possible to turn on or off PIN-less authentication in Google Chrome using Registry Editor. If you use the REGEDIT method, don’t forget to create a System Restore point before heading to the steps.
Turn on PIN-less authentication for Remote Access Hosts in Chrome
To turn on or off PIN-less authentication for remote access hosts in Chrome, follow these steps- Continue reading to learn more about these steps in detail. First, you have to open Registry Editor on your computer. For that, press Win+R, type regedit and hit the Enter button. After that, click on the Yes option to open it on your screen. Then, navigate to the following path- Right-click on Policies, select New > Key and name it as Google. Then, right-click on the Google key, choose New > Key, and call it as Chrome.
After that, right-click on the Chrome key, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, and name it as RemoteAccessHostAllowClientPairing.
At last, you have to set the Value data as per your requirement. For example, if you want to enable PIN-less authentication, set the Value data as 1 and vice versa.
For that, double-click on the REG_DWORD value and enter the numerical value accordingly. Now read: How to automatically disconnect from remote access on Chrome. That’s all! Hope it helps.
