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  1. PEPANEE
    pepanee Win User

    Change Screen Saver Password Grace Period in Windows


    How to: Change Screen Saver Password Grace Period in Windows

    How to Change Screen Saver Grace Period to Bypass Password Protection in Windows


    When you turn on password protection of a screen saver, it is not effective immediately. There is a 5 second delay by default between the time that the screen saver locks the computer and the time that the password protection is established. During this screen saver grace period interval, you can use a key press or mouse movement to unlock the computer without having to type the password. This screen saver grace period is designed to minimize the disruption that results when the screen saver starts while the user is working.

    This tutorial will show you how to change the screen saver grace period to how many seconds you want for all users in XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

    You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to change the screen saver grace period.



    Here's How:

    1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type regedit, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

    2. If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes.

    3. Browse to the key below in Registry Editor. (see screenshot below)
    *Arrow HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon


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    4. In the right pane of the Winlogon key, double click/tap on the ScreenSaverGracePeriod DWORD to modify it. (see screenshot above)

    *note The ScreenSaverGracePeriod DWORD is not there by default.

    To add the ScreenSaverGracePeriod DWORD, right click or press and hold on an empty area in the right pane of the Winlogon key, click/tap on New, click/tap on DWORD (32-bit) Value, type ScreenSaverGracePeriod for the name, and press Enter.

    5. Select (dot) Decimal, enter a number between 0 and 2147483 for how many seconds of delay you want before screen saver password protection locks the computer, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

    *note 0 (zero) seconds will give you no password protection delay for immediate password protection when the screen saver starts.

    Change Screen Saver Password Grace Period in Windows [​IMG]

    6. You can now close Registry Editor if you like.


    That's it,
    Shawn


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    pepanee, Aug 25, 2016
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  2. LCRT
    LCRT Win User

    How are hackers obtaining the new Outlook.com passwords I set up?

    2. you don't know what phone you have? there is no such thing as a "Samsung s4 windows android" phone. if you change the password on the account, the phone will fail to sync after a grace period - it can't magically guess your new password, right?
     
    LCRT, Aug 25, 2016
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  3. DAVEM121
    DaveM121 Win User
    How to change grace period for Windows.old folder?

    Do you want to delete this folder?

    If so, open Disk Cleanup, let it do its initial scan, then on the resulting dialog, click 'Cleanup System Files'. Let it scan again,
    select everything in the resulting list and click Delete . . .
     
    DaveM121, Aug 25, 2016
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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Change Screen Saver Password Grace Period in Windows

    Hello @pepanee, *Smile

    It's still working for me in the latest 14905 build of Windows 10.

    You might change the time to be 10 seconds instead as a test to see if that may work better in case you're not getting enough time.
     
    Brink, Aug 26, 2016
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  5. PEPANEE
    pepanee Win User
    Hi Brink, and thank you for all your replies to my issues; you always help me out! Your reply somehow triggered my mind to actually figure out what I did wrong. It was something with the Screen Turning Off that I had confused with the Screen Saver Settings. I had both of them at 3 minutes or something similar that got me confused somehow. But I figured out what I did wrong.

    Thank you so much for your helpful tutorials! =D
     
    pepanee, Aug 26, 2016
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  6. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Great news. I'm glad you got it sorted. *Smile
     
    Brink, Aug 26, 2016
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  7. MPERLOE
    mperloe Win User
    So what did you do to fix this? The selection to set time to start the screensaver is grayed out. I've lengthened the time to require password, but I've set it to remain on when plugged in, yet I still get the screen saver and require log in.
     
    mperloe, Oct 7, 2016
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  8. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Change Screen Saver Password Grace Period in Windows

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