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I am running Windows 7 on an HP laptop and after the machine sits idle, it locks and I must enter the password to continue.

I cannot find anything in the control panel to affect this. I thought it was with the screen saver, but I see no settings for this. How can I disable this locking, or alternatively, make the timeout much longer?

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Right click the Desktop then Personalize/Screensaver and uncheck "On resume require a password" Or... Is the laptop going to sleep? If so try this - Control Panel/Power Options/Require a password on wakeup

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  • On my installation it says "On resume, display logon screen". Sep 25, 2015 at 15:00
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Go to Control Panel → Power Options → Choose when to turn off the display. Then you can set the timeout or even choose never if you want...

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