This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable to require sign-in on wakeup from sleep, hibernate, or Modern Standby for all users in Windows 11.
To help secure your PC, Windows requires users to sign in on wakeup from sleep, hibernate, or resuming from Modern Standby (if supported) by default.
You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable require sign-in on wakeup.
- Option One: Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup from Modern Standby in Settings
- Option Two: Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup from Modern Standby using REG file
- Option Three: Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup from Sleep or Hibernate in Settings
- Option Four: Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup from Sleep or Hibernate using Command
- Option Five: Enable or Disable Require Sign-in on Wakeup from Sleep or Hibernate in Local Group Policy Editor
- Option Six: Enable or Disable Require Sign-in on Wakeup from Sleep or Hibernate using REG file
EXAMPLE: Windows 11 sign-in screen
This option is only available if your device supports Modern Standby.
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Accounts on the left side, and click/tap on Sign-in options on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Select Never, Every Time (default), 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, or 15 minutes for what you want in the If you've been away, when should Windows require you to sign in again? drop menu. (see screenshot below)
The If you've been away, when should Windows require you to sign in again? setting is only available if your account has a password.
If the If you've been away, when should Windows require you to sign in again? setting is grayed out with a Windows hello is preventing some options from being shown message, it means it is not possible to change this setting while a facial recognition or fingerprint recognition Windows Hello sign-in option has been added for your account since it is assumed you want to use Windows Hello to sign in every time.
4 You can now close Settings if you like.
This option is only available if your device supports Modern Standby.
1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the REG file below you want.
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"DelayLockInterval"=dword:ffffffff
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"DelayLockInterval"=dword:00000000
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"DelayLockInterval"=dword:0000003c
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"DelayLockInterval"=dword:000000b4
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"DelayLockInterval"=dword:0000012c
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"DelayLockInterval"=dword:00000384
2 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
3 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
4 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
5 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
This option is only available if your device does not support Modern Standby.
This option will only change the require sign-in on wakeup setting in the active power plan, and for all users that use the same power plan.
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Accounts on the left side, and click/tap on Sign-in options on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Select Never or When PC wakes up from sleep (default) for what you want in the If you've been away, when should Windows require you to sign in again? drop menu. (see screenshot below)
The If you've been away, when should Windows require you to sign in again? setting is only available if your account has a password.
4 You can now close Settings if you like.
This option is only available if your device does not support Modern Standby.
This option will only change the require sign-in on wakeup setting in the active power plan, and for all users that use the same power plan.
1 Open an elevated Windows Terminal, and select Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell.
2 Do step 3 (on) or step 4 (off) for what you would like to do.
This is the default setting.
powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 1
powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 1
powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 0
powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 0
Enable or Disable Require Sign-in on Wakeup from Sleep or Hibernate in Local Group Policy Editor
This option has no effect on Option One and Option Two.
If you enable or disable require password on wakeup using this option, it will override Option Three and Option Four.
The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.
All editions can use Option Six for the same policy.
1 Open the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc).
2 Navigate to the registry key location below in the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor. (see screenshot below)
3 Do step 4 (Not configured), step 5 (Enabled), step 6 (Disabled) below for what you would like to do.
This is the default setting.
7 When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.
This option has no effect on Option One and Option Two.
If you enable or disable require password on wakeup using this option, it will override Option Three and Option Four.
1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the REG file below you want.
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\0e796bdb-100d-47d6-a2d5-f7d2daa51f51]
"DCSettingIndex"=-
"ACSettingIndex"=-
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\0e796bdb-100d-47d6-a2d5-f7d2daa51f51]
"DCSettingIndex"=dword:00000001
"ACSettingIndex"=dword:00000001
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\0e796bdb-100d-47d6-a2d5-f7d2daa51f51]
"DCSettingIndex"=dword:00000000
"ACSettingIndex"=dword:00000000
2 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
3 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
4 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
5 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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