Windows 10: [Help] Any way to prevent windows from locking on inactivity?

Discus and support [Help] Any way to prevent windows from locking on inactivity? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; If I leave my laptop untouched, it locks the screen and goes to lockscreen after ~5 minutes. How do I prevent this? I'm NOT talking about screen... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/iWizardB, Aug 26, 2020.

  1. /U/IWIZARDB
    /u/iWizardB Win User

    [Help] Any way to prevent windows from locking on inactivity?


    If I leave my laptop untouched, it locks the screen and goes to lockscreen after ~5 minutes. How do I prevent this?

    I'm NOT talking about screen turning off. I'm fine with screen turning off. But I don't want the screen to lock.

    In other words, Is this possible -


    Laptop on battery > screen turns off after 5 minutes > screen gets locked after 10 minutes.
    ​

    Between the 5 and 10 minutes, if I press any key or move mouse, I should be back at my desktop, not lock screen. Is this possible?

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    /u/iWizardB, Aug 26, 2020
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  2. MASTASHZL75
    MastaShzl75 Win User

    How do I make Windows 10 not lock while inactive?

    Hi there, thank you for the suggestion. I had no idea those options were there. Unfortunately none of them prevent the system from locking due to inactivity.
     
    MastaShzl75, Aug 26, 2020
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  3. NATESORENSEN
    NateSorensen Win User
    Windows 10 locks after inactivity

    We have two computers that act as registers at my place of business that we need to not go to the lock screen due to inactivity. Using the GPOs on the domain server I've applied GPOs to disable password protecting the screen saver as well as to not require
    a password on wake up.

    On one computer it works on the other it does not and the computer continues to lock. I've checked the rsop.msc as well as the power plan settings and they are all correctly set. I've also tried completely disabling the screen saver and it still goes to the
    lock screen after inactivity. Doesn't even sleep just locks. The only difference between these two systems is that the one that doesn't work is 32bit (no idea if that has anything to do with it) but it only started locking after upgrading to windows 10. Windows
    7 was fine.

    If anyone has any suggestions or an answer I have been unable to find anything related to this subject where the suggestion isn't just to disbable lock on screen saver, disable the screen saver, or disable lock screen on wakeup in the power settings. (All of
    these have been done)
     
    NateSorensen, Aug 26, 2020
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  4. EXODUSPRIME1337
    exodusprime1337 Win User

    [Help] Any way to prevent windows from locking on inactivity?

    windows xp installation and dual core am

    could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx
     
    exodusprime1337, Aug 26, 2020
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