Windows 11/10 Always Lock Screen Automatically? Try These 3 Tips!

Windows 11/10 has a screen lock to prevent other users from accessing your device — it comes with a PIN, password and even Windows Hello. However, sometimes an annoying problem arises where after a few seconds of inactivity, the device screen will lock automatically and you have to enter your PIN, password and Windows Hello to activate it again.

Well, this time, WinPoin wants to share cfig to fix that annoying thing and hopefully, The solution from WinPoin this time can fix your Windows 11/10 from the problem of automatically locking the screen.

1. Increase Lock Screen Time

To solve this problem, you You can start by verifying the lock screen waiting time that has been set on your PC. Windows will continue to lock if the duration set by you is 1 or 2 minutes. So, please change the duration to be longer and if you don’t know how, please follow these steps:

• Go to Settings > System > Power & battery
• On the menu, please look for the Screen and sleep option
• Next, you just need to change the lock screen duration on your device to be longer or you can also set the time duration to “Never” so Windows doesn’t put your PC to sleep.

2. Turn off Dynamic Lock

Dynamic Lock is a pretty nifty feature in Windows which will automatically lock your PC when you leave it unattended. This can be done whenever a paired Bluetooth device moves away or is out of range.

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So, if you have Dynamic Lock enabled, then Windows will continue to lock itself automatically, regardless of the lock screen timeout you have set. If you don’t like this, you can disable this feature.

3. Modify Power Options

If the solution that WinPoin shared above has not helped you solve your problem, then you can try accessing the power options to change the ‘System unattended sleep timeout’.

• Open Control Panel
• Navigate to Power Options and then select click ‘Change plan’ on the menu
• Followed by Change advanced power settings
• In the Power Options window, click the (+) icon under Sleep to expand its menu.
• Then, click the (+) icon in the Sleep After option to view the preset duration.
• Change the screen timeout to your liking and click Apply to save the changes.

Those are some tips from WinPoin to solve the problem of the screen that locks automatically, hopefully the tips from WinPoin this time can help you overcome this problem. ️