Windows 10: My PC when to sleep whilst I had lunch and is now asking for a password to log back in...

My computer has 2 user accounts, one for me and one for my husband. Mine has the administrator rights. Prior to this issue occurring I was logged into a microsoft account I use for one of my contracts that allows access into their workspace. I left the PC to have lunch and when I returned the PC was asking for a password to log back in rather than a PIN. No sign in option box was there to switch it back to PIN. I don’t recall setting up a password for this computer, but if I did, it was more than 5 years ago and none of the ones that I have tried, have worked. I tried the passwords associated

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My PC when to sleep whilst I had lunch and is now asking for a password to log back in rather than the PIN it is set up to use. I don’t have the option to switch sign in option

My computer has 2 user accounts, one for me and one for my husband. Mine has the administrator rights. Prior to this issue occurring I was logged into a microsoft account I use for one of my contracts that allows access into their workspace. I left the PC to have lunch and when I returned the PC was asking for a password to log back in rather than a PIN. No sign in option box was there to switch it back to PIN. I don’t recall setting up a password for this computer, but if I did, it was more than 5 years ago and none of the ones that I have tried, have worked. I tried the passwords associated with both microsoft accounts and some others. Help!

 

Sleep issues?

I'm on OS Build 22000.434 of Win11, and have PC sleep issues. Here's the experience.

1. I'm working on my laptop. I step away for lunch.
   
2. Laptop attempts to go to 'sleep'.
   
3. When I come back, the screen is black. The 'red light' next to laptop camera is on and flickering, the FAN on the laptop is on full crank, and the laptop doesn't respond to any inputs. Moving the mouse, clicking, tapping the touch screen, typing on the keyboard. No response.
   
4. The only step left for me is to do a hard shut down by long pressing the power button.
   

This is just an observation if it helps, but it seems to happen more when I have apps left running on the desktop. (but who shuts down all their apps before stepping away from the PC to do something... like eat lunch?)

Anyone experience this? Is there a solution for this? Thanks!

 

PC goes to sleep after a few minutes

Hi Adrian,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

Please follow the steps below to change your system's sleep settings.

1. Go to Settings > System > Power & Sleep > Change your desired sleep timing in this Tab.

2. Now, click on Additional Power Settings > Change Plan Settings >Change Advanced Power Settings.

3. Expand Sleep and give the appropriate time.

If this doesn't help, I would suggest you run the built-in troubleshooter:

Please follow the steps below:

• Type “Troubleshooting” on the Windows Search bar and hit enter.
• On the left side of the Troubleshooting window, click on “View all”
• Click on Power. Please provide a password if asked for it and click ok. (Follow the onscreen instructions)

Hope this helps. Please respond if you have further related queries.

Regards,