Password Protection on Wakeup

INFO: 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 unchecked in your screen saver settings. See step 9 here: How to Use and Change a Screen Saver in Vista

RELATED LINKS:
1. How to Enable or Disable Secure Logon in Vista

2. How to Make Vista Require a Username and Password at Logon

3. How to Logon Automatically at Startup in Vista

4. How to Remove a Password from a User Account in Vista

5. How to Create a Password Reset Disk in Vista

6. How to Reset a User Account Password in Vista

7. How to Change or Stop Password Expiration in Vista

8. How to Troubleshoot a Vista Sleep Mode Problem and Find a Solution


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

1. Open the Control Panel. (Classic View)
2. Click on the Click to play Tutorial Video link below.
A) Click the play triangle button in the middle of the black screen.
B) Quickly click the pause (ll) button at the very bottom left, then click on the Click to Play button in the video to play it smoothly.



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

1. Open the Control Panel. (Classic View)
2. Click on the Click to play Tutorial Video link below.
A) Click the play triangle button in the middle of the black screen.
B) Quickly click the pause (ll) button at the very bottom left, then click on the Click to Play button in the video to play it smoothly.



That's it,
Shawn