Can't connect to mobile hotspot: pattern vs. password

My Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra has a pattern login. I turn on mobile hotspot on my phone. All is well.

My windows machine requires a password in order to connect to my phone's mobile hotspot. But there is no password on my phone. It's a pattern login. But Windows requires a password. The network connection UI does not provide for (recognize) a pattern. Windows requires a password.

But my phone log-in is a pattern, not a password. See where I'm going?

Am I the only person in the world who has discovered this bug?

Now, I'm stuck. For the first time ever, I needed my mobile hotspot and it doesn't work because I found the bug.