Windows 10 Auto Lock won’t work

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I would like to inform you that when you close the lid of your laptop, you computer will go to sleep but may not ask for your password upon wake. It will do so when you lock it manually. However you can change the settings and check if you can the desired function.

1. On the search bar, type Power Options.

2. On the left menu pane click on the Require password on Wake up.

3. Here click on Change Settings that are currently unavailable.

4. Then click on Require Password, click on OK.

Clos the lid of your laptop and check if it locks with password prompt.

Hope this helps.

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I would suggest that you perform the methods mentioned below and check if it helps resolve the issue.

Method 1: Power Troubleshooter.

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1. In Windows 10 to open msconfig, open Run Command (Win+R) and in the dialog box type msconfig

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I tried to disable auto lock feature on Windows 10 after changing Power & Sleep setting to Never but did not get success.

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I found my solution by changing Power & Sleep settings to Never and then Disable «Require a password when a computer wakes» (Computer Configuration/Policies/Administrative Templates/System/Power Management/Sleep Settings)

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Could you please tell me that is your machine a domain computer?

We could set auto lock feature in Registry Editor.

Please navigate to the following path: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows

1.Right-click Windows. Click New. Click Key.

2.Type Personalization and hit Enter on your keyboard. Right-click the Personalization key you just created. Click New. Click DWORD (32-bit) Value.

3.Type NoLockScreen and hit Enter on your keyboard. Double-click the NoLockScreen DWORD you just created. Type 1 in the Value data field. Click OK.

If you want to set this configuration in domain, we could set the following policy in group policy management.

Path: Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Personalization.

Policy name: Do not display the lock screen.

Disable automatic lock with Windows 7

My husband finally got a second to work on my computer. We kept working on security screens, but that was not it at all. Here is the solution:

Go to the «Control Panel».
Click on «Appearance and Personalization».
Click on «Change Screen Saver».
Unclick «On resume, display logon screen».

This will solve ALL the above problems.

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Welcome to Microsoft answers.

Since the security features are enhanced on Windows, this happens when the password is enabled on the computer to ensure for the more protection for your user account, however you may disable the password and check if that helps you. You may disable the password at your own risk.

Here are steps to disable the password after waking from sleep.

2. Click Control Panel.

3. Click Power Options.

4. Click on “Require Password on Wakeup” on the left pane.

5. Select the option “Don’t require a password.”

Note: when your computer wakes from sleep, anyone can access the data because the computer isn’t locked.

Let me know if this worked.

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How to disable auto lock feature on Windows 10?

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I would like to inform you that, this option is still not present on Windows 10.. I suggest you to send a feedback to Microsoft regarding this feature. Type Feedback on Search bar and go to Feedback app.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

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I would like to inform you that, this option is still not present on Windows 10.. I suggest you to send a feedback to Microsoft regarding this feature. Type Feedback on Search bar and go to Feedback app.

Is this a joke? Out of the many annoyances/bugs I’ve encountered after «upgrading» from Windows 7 to Windows 10, this is the most pointless and irritating feature I’ve encountered.

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i had the same problem but fixed it by hitting the window ss button on the keyboard, then type in settings and click enter, next it should open up setting so and then go to personalisation, look on the side panel on the left hand side and click lock screen, then scroll all the way down till you see screen timeout options at the bottom then tap that and turn everything to never.

That should help u

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I did this and it does not work on the revised version of Win 10. comes back as «Windows cannot find ‘settings’. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.»

I WANT TO TURN OFF the AUTO TIME OUT.

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Kindly follow this steps if you want to turn off screen time out option:

1. Right click on your Desktop then choose personalize.
2. On your left choose Lock Screen
3. Click on Screen Timeout Settings
4. On the Screen option, Choose Never
5. On the Sleep option, Choose Never

You can also check your Power Settings and make sure that the options are set to Never turn off.

Let us know what happens.

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Kindly follow this steps if you want to turn off screen time out option:

1. Right click on your Desktop then choose personalize.
2. On your left choose Lock Screen
3. Click on Screen Timeout Settings
4. On the Screen option, Choose Never
5. On the Sleep option, Choose Never

You can also check your Power Settings and make sure that the options are set to Never turn off.

Let us know what happens.

I did all of that already and my screen still times out after like 10 seconds of me not moving my mouse and it goes to the lock screen. I already turned off all of the above options and it still does it, it is very annoying

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Auto Lock

Review

Lightweight utility that can lock the Windows desktop automatically or perform a shutdown if there’s been no activity.

Auto Lock is a freeware automation locker software download filed under pc locking software and made available by Windows App for Windows.

The review for Auto Lock has not been completed yet, but it was tested by an editor here on a PC.

Free utility to automatically lock the desktop in Windows

Auto Lock is a very useful tiny little free program/app that will enable users to perform actions such as lock, log off, restart or shutdown for their desktop / laptop / tablet PCs when the device has not been used for a certain period of time.

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