Disable screensaver lockout windows 7

After windows update, windows would automatically lock the screen and require password to login again. I walk away from my desk for a minute, the screen is locked. I walk to the printer for a minute, I need to lock in with password again. This is utterly annoying and unnecessary. Please provide option for user to remove the auto lock screen permanently.

Please do not go the route of removing options from users. I like windows for the fact that we can tweek it to suit us, not the other way around. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I think I just found the solution myself. What finally fixred a similar issue for me was enabling System Unattended Sleep Timeout in Advanced Power Options and changing it from the default value of 2 minutes.

This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. So you meant never activate the screensaver, right? This is not a screen saver then. The display becomes blank after some time which is controlled by powersettings.

Open powercfg. Here you can increase the timeout period or set it to never. Actually, the information above is not correct or at least not complete for Win7 Pro.

But that behavior is not controlled by the powerconfig control panel. Is it possible to run the screen saver for a limited amount of time then returns to desktop automatically? What may be throwing some people is if a policy has been set on the system regarding the screensaver. Those settings are in a different location in the registry. I am looking for a screensaversetting window that has the options grayed out. Both of those are correct.

The one with sets the screen saver to activate at 20 minutes seconds. The one with zero means to never activate the screen saver. Hi i dont understand how i change the permission so my screen doesnt lock after 10 minutes. As a result, your viewing experience will be diminished, and you have been placed in read-only mode.

Please download a browser that supports JavaScript, or enable it if it's disabled i. We have some machines that we want to ensure don't get screensavers or users being locked out from inactivity. They are machine floor machines and need to stay logged in and displaying what is going on all of the time.

Tagging ntgGene. I have to say, this approach was tempting. I saw that too,.. Try the single quote. I've got a couple of police computers that they want the screensaver password turned off for.