Enable or Disable Lock Screen in Windows 10

Soapm · 10 Mar 2019

Soapm said:

Thanks, the others were set per the first tutorial but I didn't have the "On resume, display logon screen" checked from the second tutorial. I hope that fixes it.

The "On Resume" setting is still set and all of the settings from the tutorial are good but my screen is again not locking. Any idea how to fix this?

Brink · 10 Mar 2019

Soapm said:

The "On Resume" setting is still set and all of the settings from the tutorial are good but my screen is again not locking. Any idea how to fix this?

Just to verify, after what specific action do you want it to resume from for this?

For example: startup, sleep/hibernate, after X minutes idle, etc...

Soapm · 10 Mar 2019

My computer isn't set to sleep or hibernate, I just want the screen to turn off and lock after about 20 minutes of inactivity.

So I guess the answer to your question is after 20 minutes idle.

Brink · 11 Mar 2019

Soapm said:

My computer isn't set to sleep or hibernate, I just want the screen to turn off and lock after about 20 minutes of inactivity.

So I guess the answer to your question is after 20 minutes idle.

Double check your screen saver settings to see if they are set like below.

If they are, then you might see if uncheck, apply, check, and apply to toggle it off and on may get it working again.

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Soapm · 11 Mar 2019

Is this the same as the setting you're saying to adjust? If not, what's the difference?

Should I delete this out of my registry? I think I used it trying to get this to work before but I'm getting confused with so many settings sounding the same???

Code:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\0e796bdb-100d-47d6-a2d5-f7d2daa51f51]
"DCSettingIndex"=dword:00000001
"ACSettingIndex"=dword:00000001

Brink · 11 Mar 2019

That setting is for Option 5 below to enable require sign-in on wakeup.

Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Windows 10 | Tutorials

This is not for the screen saver settings I posted above.

Soapm · 12 Mar 2019

Brink said:

That setting is for Option 5 below to enable require sign-in on wakeup.

Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Windows 10 | Tutorials

This is not for the screen saver settings I posted above.

I've turned the setting on then off, on off with reboots in between and tried everything I can think of and it still doesn't work.

Any ideas?

Brink · 12 Mar 2019

Soapm said:

I've turned the setting on then off, on off with reboots in between and tried everything I can think of and it still doesn't work.

Any ideas?

Odd. Let's see some screenshots of all these settings to see if anything may stand out.

Soapm · 12 Mar 2019

Not sure what all you want to see screenshots of but I threw the book at it so unless someone tore a page out of my book???

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Brink · 12 Mar 2019

@Soapm,

One thing I noticed is your "Turn off display" settings. The minutes are set to be lower/same than what you have set for "wait" for "On resume, display logon screen".

This could make you think it's not working if it only turns off the display during that set time since it's not yet 20 minutes you have set for "On resume, display logon screen".