Please help me! Unlocking password

[PissedOff5]

I am extremely frustrated, when I turn on my computer I enter my password, right? ok when I step away from my computer for 3, 5 min. I have to sign in again? I dont understand! This just started yesterday, what is the problem? I use firefox and I have hp all in one computer.

 

[MauveCloud]

Check your screen saver and power saving settings. If the screen saver starts or the monitor goes into standby or sleep mode, it will usually require your password again when you get back, but you can set those to wait longer before activating.

 

[mbreslin1954]

Go into Control Panel, then go into Power Options. Whatever "plan" you are running in Power Options, Balanced, Power Saver, click the "Change Plan Settings" of that plan and tell it when to turn off the display (if ever) and when to put the computer to sleep (if ever).

When in the "Change Settings for the Plan" screen, click on the "Change Advanced Power Settings" link, it should be in blue. A new window will open, called "Advanced Settings", and in this window the first item will be "Require a password on wakeup". Change the setting to "No". If it is not clickable you will first have to click on the link "Change settings that are currently unavailable", then you will be able to change the password setting.

 

[PissedOff5]

I did not see power options, thanks anywayz

 

[mbreslin1954]

If you didn't see the Power Options, then what did you see? If you did not see about 25 icons, then you your Control Panel is in "Category" view. You need to click the link at the upper right corner of Control Panel called "View by", and in the drop-down box select "small icons" or "large icons", it doesn't matter which. Once you've done this you will see the icon for "Power Options" and then you can follow my directions above.

 

[PissedOff5]

This is in my control panel - The left side it has systems and security,

network and internet, hardware and sound, programs. On the right

side it has User accounts and family safety, appearance and

personization, clock language and region, ease of access.

 

[mbreslin1954]

OK, then obviously you do not see about 25 icons. So do what I told you to do. Change the View to "icons". The instructions are up above. Once you do that you will see the icon for Power Options and you can follow my instructions to remove the password requirement once the screen saver engages. Or don't. It's up to you.

 

[PissedOff5]

I finally found power options, went to advanced settings, clicked on no for require password, clicked apply and ok, restarted the dam thing and it still not working. I should of kept my huge desktop emachine computer

 

[mbreslin1954]

Well, that should have worked. What operating system do you have? Maybe someone else can come up with something I've missed.

 

[johnbl]

screen saver settings
uncheck the "on resume, display logon screen" checkbox

to do:
start control panel (windows key +x, type p)
select Appearance and personlization
select Change screen saver
the check box should be in the middle of the dialog box
uncheck On resume, display logon screen
select apply

 

[mbreslin1954]

Cool! I don't have a screen saver so I never noticed that little item! Great catch.