I have a fresh installation of Windows 10 Pro 21H2 v10.0.19044.1889 on a Dell XPS laptop. If I put the machine to sleep (e.g. Win+X
, U
, S
), when it comes out of sleep it does not ask for a password. I want the machine to ask for a password when coming out of sleep.
- Settings > Accounts > Sign-in Options > Require sign-in is set to Every Time. However there is also a message in red that says, "Your PC's power settings are preventing some options from being shown"; I don't know what this means.
- Under Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options > Edit Plan Settings and even under Power Options > Advanced Settings, there is nothing related to the computer asking for a password when coming out of sleep.
- Under Screen Saver Settings, I have On resume, display login screen enabled.
- As per How to Enable Require a Login Password on Wakeup, I've tried enabling Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Power Management > Sleep Settings > Require a Password when the computer wakes (on battery) when running on battery, but nothing changes. (Besides, the help section says, "If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, the user is prompted for a password when the system resumes from sleep." So I should be presented a password already, even without changing this setting.)
My workaround is to first lock the machine (e.g. Win+L
), and then use the power button to select "Sleep", but this is inconvenient.
WORKGROUP
.