Disable auto-lock on inactivity

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How can I disable the automatic locking on idle mechanism in Windows 8? I have tried:

  • Disabling screen saver and screen saver "lock on resume" --> done
  • Disable lock on wake in power options --> done

I still cannot find a solution - it seems to lock after some period of inactivity.

Edit:

This is NOT A DUPLICATE - the answer and question marked as duplicate are both unrelated to the question. The question is to disable auto-lock not to disable the screen before the password entry.

Christian Stewart

Posted 2013-07-12T01:41:33.190

Reputation: 667

Question was closed 2015-07-16T22:19:56.990

Search the web for program called "caffeine", it simulates mouse movement and/or key presses periodically in order to fool windows and prevent locking. It's not perfect though. When you select some text with a mouse, when it kicks in, it unselects the text, so you need to select again. Also, in some terminal windows (e.g. PuTTY), it types a character shown as ~. Anyway, lacking other solutions, this could be sufficiently good – xorcus – 2014-10-03T07:04:50.143

The existing duplicate (http://superuser.com/questions/398015/how-to-disable-windows-8-lock-screen?lq=1) was not completely relevant so I have pointed it at a more appropriate duplicate.

– Mokubai – 2015-07-16T22:22:28.037

Answers

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Open run command box by pressing enter image description here + R keys simultaneously. Type gpedit.msc in the box and press Enter key.

  • On the Group Policy Editor, expand Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel and then click on Personalization.

  • Now, on the right pane, double-click on Do not display the lock screen to enable or disable this feature.

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stderr

Posted 2013-07-12T01:41:33.190

Reputation: 9 300

In this case you could try this answer http://superuser.com/a/1107767

– Ionut – 2017-01-03T14:19:18.960

5I don't want to disable the screen before the login, I want to disable the automatic locking. Does this do this? – Christian Stewart – 2013-07-18T16:33:47.447

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