Is there any way to prevent Windows 10 from locking?

Situation: the client manually set both Screen & Sleep settings to “Never”, but it locks after inactivity. They wonder if there is any GPO setting (or registry, etc.) that will prevent a Windows 10 machine from locking after inactivity?

Resolution: 1. For group policy, try this:

Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Security Settings->Local Policies->Security Options->Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit

Changing this directly affects the stated registry entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\InactivityTimeoutSecs

2. For registry, try this:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\
Value Name: InactivityTimeoutSecs

 

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Bob Lin

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