Windows 10: Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Windows 10

How to: Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Windows 10

How to Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Windows 10


To help secure your PC, Windows requires users to sign in when it wakes from hibernate by default.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off to require sign-in on wakeup for all users in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to turn on or off require sign-in on wakeup.

This will change the require sign-in on wakeup in your currently active selected power plan, and for all users that use the same power plan.


You may also wish to set this: How to Automatically Sign in to User Account at Startup in Windows 10




CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Settings
• Option Two: To Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Power Options
• Option Three: To Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Command Prompt
• Option Four: To Enable or Disable Require Sign-in on Wakeup for All Users in Local Group Policy Editor
• Option Five: To Enable or Disable Require Sign-in on Wakeup for All Users using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Sign-in









OPTION ONE [/i] To Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Settings
1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Accounts icon.

2 Click/tap on Sign-in options on the left side, and select Never (off) or When PC wakes up from sleep (on) for what you want under Require sign-in on the right side. (see screenshot below)

This option will only be available if the account has a password.


3 When finished, you can close Settings if you like.









OPTION TWO [/i] To Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Power Options
The Require a password on wakeup setting is not shown in Power Options by default.

If you haven't already, you will need to first add "Require a password on wakeup" to Power Options to be able to do this option.


1 Open the power plan.

2 Click/tap on the Change settings that are currently unavailable link. (see screenshot below)



3 Set the Require a password on wakeup settings to Yes or No for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)








OPTION THREE [/i] To Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Command Prompt
1 Open an elevated command prompt.

2 Do step 3 (on) or step 4 (off) for what you would like to do.


3. Turn On Require Sign-in on Wakeup
A) Copy and paste the command below you want to use into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter. You can close the command prompt when finished. (see screenshot below)

(On battery (if available) )
*Arrow powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 1


(Plugged in)
*Arrow powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 1





4. Turn Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup
A) Copy and paste the command below you want to use into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter. You can close the command prompt when finished. (see screenshot below)

(On battery (if available) )
*Arrow powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 0


(Plugged in)
*Arrow powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 0









OPTION FOUR [/i] To Enable or Disable Require Sign-in on Wakeup for All Users in Local Group Policy Editor
You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to do this option.

The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education Option Five below instead.

If you enable or disable require password on wakeup using this option, it will override Option One, Option Two, and Option Three above.


1 Open the Local Group Policy Editor.

2 In the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Power Management\Sleep Settings




3 Do step 4 (Not configured), step 5 (Enabled), step 6 (Disabled) below for what you would like to do.


4. To Set Require Sign-in on Wakeup to Not Configured
This is the default setting. This option will allow all users on the PC to be able to do Option One, Option Two, or Option Three above.


A) In the right pane of Sleep Settings in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Require a password when a computer wakes (plugged in) policy to edit it. (see screenshot below step 2)

B) Select (dot) Not Configured, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)



C) In the right pane of Sleep Settings in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Require a password when a computer wakes (on battery) policy to edit it. (see screenshot below step 2)

D) Select (dot) Not Configured, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)




5. To Enable Require Sign-in on Wakeup for All Users
A) In the right pane of Sleep Settings in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Require a password when a computer wakes (plugged in) policy to edit it. (see screenshot below step 2)

B) Select (dot) Enabled, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below step 4B)

C) In the right pane of Sleep Settings in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Require a password when a computer wakes (on battery) policy to edit it. (see screenshot below step 2)

D) Select (dot) Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below step 4D)

6. To Disable Require Sign-in on Wakeup for All Users
A) In the right pane of Sleep Settings in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Require a password when a computer wakes (plugged in) policy to edit it. (see screenshot below step 2)

B) Select (dot) Disabled, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below step 4B)

C) In the right pane of Sleep Settings in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Require a password when a computer wakes (on battery) policy to edit it. (see screenshot below step 2)

D) Select (dot) Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below step 4D)

7 When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.





OPTION FIVE [/i] To Enable or Disable Require Sign-in on Wakeup for All Users using a REG file
You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to do this option.

If you enable or disable require password on wakeup using this option, it will override Option One, Option Two, and Option Three above.

The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD values in the registry keys below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\0e796bdb-100d-47d6-a2d5-f7d2daa51f51

DCSettingIndex DWORD
ACSettingIndex DWORD

(delete) = Not configured
0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled


1 Do step 2 (Not configured), step 3 (Enabled), step 4 (Disabled) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Set Require Sign-in on Wakeup to Not Configured
This is the default setting. This option will allow all users on the PC to be able to do Option One, Option Two, or Option Three above.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Not_Configured_require_password_on_wakeup.reg

Download

3. To Enable Require Sign-in on Wakeup for All Users
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Enable_require_password_on_wakeup.reg

Download

4. To Disable Require Sign-in on Wakeup for All Users
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Disable_require_password_on_wakeup.reg

Download

5 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

7 If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

8 If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.

That's it,
Shawn


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How to turn off password protection on every wake up of the system

Hey Janice, what particular content are you trying to perform:

• Option One: To Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in
  Settings
• Option Two: To Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in
  Power Options
• Option Three: To Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup
  in Command Prompt
• Option Four: To Enable or Disable Require Sign-in on Wakeup
  for All Users in Local Group Policy Editor
• Option Five: To Enable or Disable Require Sign-in on Wakeup
  for All Users using a REG file

kindly let us know for further assistance

regards.

greg

 

password

You should be able to change this in Settings, Accounts, Sign-in options - Require sign-in.

If this item is greyed out then use one of the other procedures given in

Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Windows 10

Denis

 

Hello Pietro, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

Since this is on a Surface Pro 3, check to see if it may be a setting like below instead.

Password - Require after Display is Off in Windows 8.1

 

Am I confused? I think that link is to require a password. I don't want to use a pw on my Surface as I don't need the security.

 

That link is to require to sign in after display is off. It'll be worth check to see if your Surface Pro 3 has such a setting. If it does, then that could be why you are still having to sign in after wakeup.

 

Yes it has the settings, which I have set to never require a password for all the above. But it still does so maybe it's one of the bugs which will be fixed with an update. I hope so. Thanks for your advice.

 

That or one of those unknown settings somewhere again.

 

I have the same issue, tried everything. I can't even disable password because i'm using a microsoft account to log in. How annoying...

 

Hello Erick, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

Did you want this for at startup instead of at wakeup from sleep?

Sign in User Account Automatically at Windows 10 Startup

 

Finally I got rid of password and lock-screen on my Surface Pro3. (Though it still requires password after restart)

I applied the registry script at the bottom of the page in this link:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/6...dows-10-a.html

It is reversible as well.

 

Thank you Pietro99 for posting back with your results. *Smile

 

Same problem here - Surface 3 (not Pro)

Have to enter my password if its been asleep for a few minutes, despite having everything set according to this tutorial.

 

There is a bug in require password on wakeup. Although it may sound ridiculous, yes means no, and no means yes. Tried changing the option to yes and it worked for me on my surface 3. Try it. I swear it works
This has to be done under advanced power settings.

 

I changed it to yes. The first two time I woke it I wasn't asked for a password, the third time I was. Its inconsistent just as before. Needs a fix from Microsoft.