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Question

Change When Windows 10 Locks?

May 1, 2019 1:16PM PDT

This is driving me INSANE!

Every previous version of Windows allowed me to do this. I periodically check back with support to see if this has been enabled in Windows 10, but it still eludes me. For whatever reason there seems to no way to control when windows 10 locks, independently of the screen saver.

For example, I want the following to occur when idle...
5 minutes: blank screen saver
10 minutes: windows locks and requires fingerprint, pin, or password
30 minutes: display is turned off
60 minutes: windows sleeps

All of this is so easy except controlling when it locks. It's like it was completely forgotten. I can't be the only person positively enraged by this. I can even control how long the lockscreen displays before the display turns of. Yet this seemingly simple setting is elusive.

I have contacted Microsoft support. They can't even tell me the default timer for the lock (windows will actually lock even when no screensaver is set and no sleep or hibernate timers are set).

Anyone have any ideas?

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Answer
I recall this did change.
May 1, 2019 1:30PM PDT
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Now I see it.
May 1, 2019 1:44PM PDT

Sorry no, I don't see any control to separate the screen saver timeout to the blank lock screen.

Post was last edited on May 1, 2019 1:44 PM PDT

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Looking for more control...
May 1, 2019 3:17PM PDT

I want separate times for the screen saver and the lock, just like in Windows 7, Vista, even *shudder* XP.

I don't want the screen to lock immediately after screen saver. I prefer just a blank screen at first so others can't read what I'm doing. In actuality it's more a reminder to me that I haven't done anything in five minutes and have been zoning out.

I also can't seem to find a way to make it lock with the screen turning off. Regardless I draw that out to 30 minutes. I have an old TFT monitor and it takes several seconds to display again after it is turned off.

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I fear
May 1, 2019 3:21PM PDT

You'll have to write an app to pull this off now. As it's not an area I code in, maybe Stack Overflow.

There is a movement to reduce the complexity of choices. This will upset folk that wanted fine control like above.

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It appears you can make your own screen saver.
May 1, 2019 3:29PM PDT

Post was last edited on May 1, 2019 3:43 PM PDT