Windows 10: Sleep does not ask for password

When I press the power button to wake up my windows 11 from sleep mode, the time is displayed and I press enter and the desktop appears without me needing to type in the password. How can I change this so I need to type in the password when I want the laptop to come out of sleep.Thanks.

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will not ask for password after sleep

I am trying to make W10 ask for my logon password after going to sleep. I went into the settings and clearly set it to ask for the logon after it has gone to sleep. I set it to sleep after 15 minutes and it does go to sleep , but shaking the mouse will wake the system without asking for the logon. Does anyone know why this happens?
Len
San Diego, USA

 

Lost My Administrator Password

To which "this" are you referring?
- If you are following the tutorial Bree suggested in the very first reply to your question then what you need to do at each step is explained in detail. So which step are you at?
- If you are following a different procedure then state what it is and which step you are at. If, for example, you are trying to manually enable the Built-In Admin as suggested in post #11 then that account has no password.

Denis

 

Computer doesn’t ask for password after waking from sleep

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I appreciate the efforts taken by you in resolving this issue. I understand that the computer doesn’t prompt for a PIN/Password after waking up from sleep.



As you have already checked the Sign-in options, I would suggest you to refer the steps mentioned below and see if that helps.



We can try changing the screen saver settings and check. Refer the steps mentioned below:

1. Press Windows Logo key + I, to open
   Settings.
   
2. Click on Personalization and select
   Lock screen from the left pane.
   
3. Scroll down and click on Screen saver settings.
   
4. Now, select the screen saver and enter a time.
   
5. Ensure that the checkbox for On resume, display log on screen is selected.
   
6. Click on Apply and OK.
   

Article for reference: Change your screen saver settings.



Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator