Questions tagged [lock-screen]
Locking the computer screen prevents others from viewing or using it without unlocking it through a specific act.
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How can I prevent host computer from locking while using Remote Desktop from Hololens?
I am using Remote Desktop to access and control a Windows 10 (Pro license) PC from a Microsoft Hololens 2. I am using Microsoft Connect (WiFi Direct) to connect the 2 devices. However, when I connect ...
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Disable screen lock on too many wrong PIN guesses?
My little children keep playing with my locked PC and guess the PIN multiple times. Eventually the screen locks out and requires a restart.
There's the A1B2C3 safety pass which I don't mind, but the ...
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Windows 11 Home: Windows Hello and Delay Lock Interval
Am I correct to conclude that if I want to use a fingerprint for sign-in to a laptop using Windows 11 Home, I have to enable Windows Hello; and by doing that, I no longer can have any control over ...
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Did Windows change the login screen behavior to explicitly prevent typing in a password until the screen is fully initialized?
In older versions of Windows (at least Windows XP, maybe as late as Windows 7), I used to be able to wake up the computer from sleep (by moving the mouse or hitting a key on the keyboard) and then ...
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Can't increase screen-lock time beyond 15 minutes on a Windows 11 system
Using a Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 running Windows 11 (upgraded from Windows 10 a few months ago). The device used to be connected to the Active Directory we use at work - after the employer allowed ...
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notify-send messages sent from a systemd unit delayed
There's an active systemd service
[Unit]
Description=Launch the screenlock daemon service
PartOf=graphical-session.target
After=i3wm.service
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=env screenlock-daemon
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Can I install any Windows 11 driver from Windows lock screen?
Is it possible to perform manual installation of any driver while staying in lock screen in Windows 11 or a full access to the system is required in this case?
I have restored my system from an image ...
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How did the language on the lock screen change to Chinese?
On my Windows 10 Pro, the lock screen language switched to Chinese and
then back to English on its own, even though I made no changes:
Why did this happen?
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Windows Spotlight to show images from a specific country for a lock screen?
How to make Windows Spotlight only show images from a specific country for my lock screen?
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Linux screen lock sometimes fails after lid close/open
I have Ubuntu Lunar 23.04 on Lenovo Yoga 7 14''.
When I close the lid, the system goes into suspend, as expected. Then on open, screen lock pops up, with a password prompt.
However sometimes after ...
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Windows 10 Thunderbolt Multi-Screen Lock Issues
I've been using this thunderbolt dock for the last 6 months, no problem. I've got it plugged in to my laptop, using the laptop's screen as the main screen. For some reason, the signal became unstable (...
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Unable to unlock screen under lightdm in XDMCP configuration
On my setup, whenever the screen gets locked, I cannot unlock it anymore. I tried all three known(to me) implementations: light-locker xfce4-screensaver xscreensaver.
Special on my setup: it's a ...
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Win11 -- Screen saver no longer working since update
Note: This thread is about Screen Saver functionality.
I rely on my screen saver to turn my computer into a picture frame (it goes through a folder of photos).
This worked fine for years. I think the ...
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Force Windows 11 to not use PIN for login? (Password login option is missing)
I have a Windows 11 pc that has a PIN on it that I do not remember setting, but this normally would not be a problem as I know the password for the computer. However, the password option is missing ...
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Change lockscreen clock color windows 11
I was trying to change windows 11 lockscreen clock color, I searched and was hoping could find some registry edit to do so, but could not find anything :(
any idea?
