Password when resuming after standby

Under power options - Advanced. The Prompt for password when computer
resumes from standby is checked but greyed out. How can I uncheck this box?

Thank you
Dan

Dan Huston wrote:

> Under power options - Advanced. The Prompt for password when computer
> resumes from standby is checked but greyed out. How can I uncheck
> this box?
>
> Thank you
> Dan

Do you have a password assigned for the user account? If not, make one
and you'll have the option you are looking for.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Thanks for the quick reply.

I did not have a password assigned so I created one. Rebooted the computer
and the checkbox is still greyed out. What next?

Dan
"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Dan Huston wrote:
>
>> Under power options - Advanced. The Prompt for password when computer
>> resumes from standby is checked but greyed out. How can I uncheck
>> this box?
>>
>> Thank you
>> Dan
>
> Do you have a password assigned for the user account? If not, make one
> and you'll have the option you are looking for.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Dan Huston wrote:

> Thanks for the quick reply.
>
> I did not have a password assigned so I created one. Rebooted the
> computer
> and the checkbox is still greyed out. What next?
>
> Dan
> "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23%23U8ZgXBGHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Dan Huston wrote:
>>
>>> Under power options - Advanced. The Prompt for password when
>>> computer
>>> resumes from standby is checked but greyed out. How can I uncheck
>>> this box?

Then I'm really not sure. Is this a standalone PC? Did you make any
tweaks with something like TweakUI or a third-party program? I don't
have a lot of experience with standby and its attendant problems since
I never use it. Hopefully someone else will come along with an answer
for you. I'm sorry I wasn't able to solve your issue.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

There is a registry option to inhibit this. It might've been turned-on, I
guess.

We tend set this registry inhibit. because if someone leaves a computer
running with documents open behind a locked screensaver, athough an Admin can
overrride the lockout to shut the computer down, no-one can do anything to
save the open documents, which are lost.

The key is:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Control
Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaverSecure

Zero inhibits the password, no key or 1 enables it.

My registry stops at Policies. There is no Control Panel etc in that key.

Thanks though.

Dan


"Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> There is a registry option to inhibit this. It might've been turned-on, I
> guess.
>
> We tend set this registry inhibit. because if someone leaves a computer
> running with documents open behind a locked screensaver, athough an Admin
> can
> overrride the lockout to shut the computer down, no-one can do anything to
> save the open documents, which are lost.
>
> The key is:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Control
> Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaverSecure
>
> Zero inhibits the password, no key or 1 enables it.
>
>