Windows 10: Surface 3 is requiring a password every time I wake it.

I have "Never" set as the option in then "If you've been away, when should Windows require you to sign in again?" in the new Settings menu.

I have "Don't require a password" selected in the Control Panel Power Options.

Surface 3 sleep and screen shut off are both set to 3 minutes on battery power. Before Windows 10 the option to sleep wasn't there as I recall, as screen shut off and sleep were the same thing on that system.

I've done a restart, yet every time it wakes from sleep I have to enter my account password. Why is something this simple not working?

Edit: I sign into my Surface 3 using a Microsoft Account.

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Win 10 confused after creating microsoft account- Need Advice

Thanks for the reply. If I leave surface 3 tablet alone and it goes to sleep then it requires password upon waking still after doing what you suggested. If I restart after waking from sleep when it is requesting a password no password is needed. Any more
suggestions on what to try to avoid entering password when surface wakes from sleep.

Thanks

 

Surface pro 3 does not lock when put to sleep

Since the 1/19/2016 update when I put my surface pro 3 to sleep it does not lock immediately. The setting to require a password on wake-up is set properly. It does not matter whether I put the computer to sleep with the power button or through the start
menu. Prior to the update the system required a password when waking from sleep.

 

Your last sentence says it all. As long as you're signing in using the Microsoft account you have to use your password or else anyone else who has access to your surface 3 would have access to all your information. You can change this by going to a local account in settings.

 

Then why did this same Surface 3 not require it with Windows 8.1? Why do my desktop and laptops, both running Windows 10 with a Microsoft account, not require a password?

Also, it only does it if its been asleep for a few minutes.

 

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...ser%20Accounts

 

I thought you controlled this through Power Options but on my laptop, those choices are disabled and can't be changed.

 

I have all those settings set already as indicated in my OP, but I still have to enter my password. But thanks for showing the thread since it seems I'm not the only one.

 

This inconsistent, further indication that its a bug with Windows 10 + Surface.

I just opened my Surface 3 after being plugged in and asleep for over 12 hours - no password prompt. I put it down and come back to it 5 minutes later and it requires me to enter my password. Its hit and miss.