Windows 10

How to disable password on wakeup in Windows 10

Password serves to protect your system against unauthorized access. Even if you have set up auto login on power on, your Windows 10 might request a password on wake up from sleep or hibernation. So you will have to sign in every time your computer wakes up. If you don’t like this, here is how to disable password on wakeup in Windows 10 (after sleep or hibernation). 

How to disable password request on wakeup in Windows 10 using Settings

  1. Press Win+I to launch Settings.
  2. Click on Accounts
  3. Head to Sign-in options.
  4. Under Require sign-in select Never

How to disable password on wakeup in Windows 10 using command prompt

You can also turn off a sign-in request on wakeup using the command line if this is more convenient for you.

  1. Press Win+X.
  2. Launch the Command Prompt as admin: 
  3. Copy and paste these lines into command line window and hit Enter after each one:
    powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 1
    powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 1

The first one disables the password in battery mode. The second one – when plugged in.

That’s it! Your Windows 10 will never ask you to enter password on wakeup. And by the way, to turn it back on using the command line, type:

powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 0
powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 0

Adam Swift

Adam is a real tech maniac. He likes to spend time testing phones, tablets, laptops, as well as any other technical devices, and write practical manuals on their functions. He often sleeps all day, but always works at night. Adam bought his first computer in 1999, being an absolute beginner who never held a computer mouse in his hands. He began to study Windows, constantly experimented and often crashed the operating system. But six months later, he was able to reinstall Windows 98 from a scratch on his own, fix almost any software problem on a PC, he also did hardware upgrades and realized that computers, operating systems and programs are now his biggest passion. In addition, Adam has always been a big lover of phones. With the advent of smartphones with Android OS, he began to pick at them much more than in computers. Now Adam loves to study privacy issues in instant messengers, blocking unwanted calls and other nuances related to privacy and security on the network. You can follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tunecomp

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