Is your Windows PC automatically locked too often? If this is the case, this is probably due to a computer setting that causes the lock screen to display and hangs Windows 10 even if you leave it idle for a short time.
Prevent the computer from automatically locking Windows 10
If your computer automatically locks, you must disable the automatic display of the lock screen by following these suggestions for Windows 10:
- Disable or change the timeout settings of the lock screen
- Disable Dynamic Lock
- Disable the empty screen saver
- Change the idle time of the system without supervision
These tips may seem too naive, but believe me, these small settings, especially the default ones, sometimes create more problems.
1) Disable or change the timing settings of the lock screen
You must disable the lock screen. You can use our Ultimate Windows Tweaker to do it in one click! You will find the setting for Disable the lock screen under Customization> Modern User Interface> Lock Screen.
If you do not want to disable it, check the delay time settings, the screen time settings, the screen saver, and so on. These are the basic settings that you should check.
2) Disable dynamic lock
In addition to using a PIN or password, you can also use dynamic lock. This is useful for those who forget to lock the device. Dynamic lock uses Bluetooth devices. Whenever the Bluetooth device is out of range, the computer is locked. So make sure the device is nearby or uncheck the option that says, "Allow Windows to lock your device when you're away automatically. "
3) Disable the empty screen saver
If you are using a screen saver, make sure it is not set as blank. The problem is that you will never know that a screen saver is running.
- Type Screensaver in the search bar
- Click on Change Screensaver
- In the drop-down menu, check if it is set to empty.
- If yes, replace it with None.
Press Apply and exit.
4) Change the idle time of the system without supervision
Available under Power Settings, the Unattended system timeout This setting corresponds to the idle time before the system returns to the low energy sleep state. The default duration is set to 2 minutes for both, that is when it is battery powered and is connected. Set a higher value so that the PC does not go into sleep mode too quickly.
If the setting is not in the power settings, you can add it manually using PowerShell and the registry.
PowerShell method
Use Win + X, and select PowerShell (admin).
Type the following text and press Enter:
powercfg -attributes SUB_SLEEP 7bc4a2f9-d8fc-4469-b07b-33eb785aaca0 -ATTRIB_HIDE
Get out and check.
Register method
Open the registry editor and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlPowerPowerSettings238C9FA8-0AAD-41ED-83F4-97BE242C8F207bc4a2f9-d8fc-4469-b07b-33eb785aaca0
Change the value of the "Attributes" key from 1 to 2. This will allow the Unattended system timeout in the power options.
You can now change this setting.
We hope that these tips will be useful enough to solve the problem of automatic locking of your Windows 10 PC.