Windows 10: Require sign-in after sleep not working plugged in only

So a few days ago I noticed that if I shut my Asus laptop and re-open it, it opens straight to the desktop again. No sign-in required, despite all my computer settings displaying that it should require sign-in. After doing some troubleshooting, I have figured out that it only happens when plugged in to power. When on battery power, it wakes from sleep to the sign-in screen as intended.


My laptop:
Asus P5440UF

Intel UHD Graphics 620

NVIDIA GeForce MX130


My settings:

Settings > Accounts > Sign-in Options > Require Sign-in > When PC wakes from sleep

Power Options > When I close the lid: Sleep both battery and plugged in


I checked in advanced power settings and don't see any conflicting settings that would prevent the computer from going to sleep. I tried setting everything to hibernate when I close the lid, updating the settings, restarting, and changing them back; that changed nothing.


I've also tried reinstalling the Intel display drivers and it had no effect. I'm a bit hesitant to completely uninstall the display drivers in case it causes more issues.


I found some tutorials online that mentioned using PowerShell to manually edit this setting. I used the provided commands but it seemingly did nothing. I also found older tutorials that mention editing the registry to modify this setting, but I don't even have the registry entries that the guides mention.


I'm a bit stumped here. Does anyone have any ideas for other solutions I can try? I find it especially weird that it works as intended on battery power but not when plugged in, and only was noticeable in the past few days. Thanks in advance!

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Require sign-in not working

Dell XPS13 with Windows 10 Home

Trying to change the 'Require sign-in' on the Sign-in options page does not work. Will automatically return to 'Never' when navigating away from the tab, and computer will wake from sleep without requiring any sign-in.

Any suggestions?

 

password requirement after sleep

To assist you with your concern, you may refer to the steps below on how to skip password prompt after sleep:

• Go to Settings.
• Click on Accounts.
• Click on Sign-in options.
• Choose Never from the drop-down menu under Require sign-in to complete the task.

Let us know how it goes.

Thank you.

 

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