How to Enable or Disable Require Password on Wakeup in Windows 7

How to Enable or Disable Require Password on Wakeup in Windows 7

 

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Seems a needless extra step to have to log on every time your computer resumes from standby, suspend, or hibernate. This will show you how to resume from suspend directly to the desktop without requiring a password on wakeup.

OPTION ONE

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Through Power Options

1. Open the Power Options Advanced Plan Settings.

2. Click on the Change settings that are currently unavailable link.

3. To Disable Require Password on Wakeup -

A) Change the Require a password on wakeup setting to NO , and click on OK.

4. To Enable Require Password on Wakeup -

A) Change the Require a password on wakeup setting to YES , and click on OK.

5. Close the rest of the windows you have opened.

OPTION TWO

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Through a Elevated Command Prompt

1. Open a elevated command prompt.

2. To Disable Require Password on Wakeup -
WARNING: If you've created custom power profiles you'll have to get the GUID for the one you want to change from powercfg -l first and substitute it for the <profile> parameter in these commands below.

A) In the elevated command prompt type these commands below and press enter following each one.

Code:

powercfg -SETACVALUEINDEX <profile> SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 0

powercfg -SETDCVALUEINDEX <profile> SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 0

NOTE: where <profile> is SCHEME_BALANCED, SCHEME_MAX, SCHEME_MIN or a custom profile GUID from powercfg -l