How to Bypass Login Password

Word Man · 01 Mar 2018

ALN said:

Actually, this is how I switch back to my account. Turns out that I actually do not log out (My bad). When I'm in another account and I open this drop down, I see my account with a comment saying I'm signed in. Then when I click it to get into my account, I get the Password screen. Sorry for the confusion on this.

Of course, my apologies also, as this traditionally has always required password to come back from. So I was giving a useless alternative.

ALN · 01 Mar 2018

bookfox said:

Two suggestions - (and yes, I understand you want to not enter password at login) :
One, in screen saver settings, uncheck the box for "On resume, display logon screen". See highlighted area
: https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...en_saver-7.png

Thanks for your reply boolfox. On your 1st suggestion, the On resume, display logon screen box is already un-checked.

OR: Change Screen Saver Password Grace Period in Windows

as for Grace Period - 2 questions:
One of the directions is:
click/tap on New, click/tap on DWORD (32-bit) Value, type ScreenSaverGracePeriod for the name, and press Enter.
I have a 64-bit machine. Does the DWORD (32-bit) Value still apply?

Second. Guess I would enter max seconds (2147483). Is that correct? I am not savvy enough to understand this level of detail, so need to be extremely careful that I don't screw things up when I dinker with the Registry.

ALN · 01 Mar 2018

Word Man said:

Of course, my apologies also, as this traditionally has always required password to come back from. So I was giving a useless alternative.

SO does that mean there is no way to bypass the password when switching from one account to the other?

Word Man · 01 Mar 2018

ALN said:

SO does that mean there is no way to bypass the password when switching from one account to the other?

I can't say with knowledge at this point. Have you tried actively changing the password to blank (or you prefer not to?) from, for instance, the menu given by Ctrl-Alt-Del ?

bookfox · 01 Mar 2018

ALN said:

as for Grace Period - 2 questions:
One of the directions is:
click/tap on New, click/tap on DWORD (32-bit) Value, type ScreenSaverGracePeriod for the name, and press Enter.
I have a 64-bit machine. Does the DWORD (32-bit) Value still apply?

Second. Guess I would enter max seconds (2147483). Is that correct? I am not savvy enough to understand this level of detail, so need to be extremely careful that I don't screw things up when I dinker with the Registry.

Yes and Yes.