Vista - Password Protection on Wakeup

**Brink** · **OPTION ONE:**

How to Disable or Enable Password Protection on Wake Up in Vista

Information

To help secure your computer, Vista requires a password to unlock the computer when it wakes from sleep. This will show you how to enable or disable password protection when your computer resumes or wakes from a sleep mode in one or all of your user account's Power Plans.

NOTE

If you turn off this setting, make sure that On resume, display logon screen is also unchecked in your screen saver settings. See step 9 here: How to Use and Change a Screen Saver in Vista

Tip

For laptops, you will also need to check the Power Plan Option (Step Two) When closing laptop lid to the the action you want to.

RELATED LINKS:

OPTION ONE:
For In a Single Power Plan

1. Open the Control Panel. (Classic View)

2. Click on the Click to Play button in the video below.

OPTION TWO:
For In All Power Plans

1. Open the Control Panel. (Classic View)

2. Click on the Click to Play button in the video below

That's it,
Shawn

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