I believe I have found the solution.
Go to power plan settings (Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options\Edit Plan Settings), click "Change advanced power settings", in power options window click "Change settings that are currently unavailable." Set "Require
a password on wakeup" to No. This controls the password prompt after display timeout.
Go Charms, then PC Settings. Accounts, then Sign-in options. "Password policy" controls the password prompt after sleep, and can be controlled by domain policy.
Go to personalization (Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Personalization), then Screen Saver. If you want a password prompt after a certain idle time, check "On resume, display logon screen." You can leave the screen saver set to "None."
The wait time setting will be enabled after the box is checked. This will still allow the display(s) to turn off, wiggle mouse, no password.
I did some thorough testing to make sure it works. It has been a point of frustration for me for quite a while. Especially watching web conferences through the browser that don't disable the display timeout.
These are my settings:
On battery: display off after 5 min (no password), password required after 20 min, sleep after 25 min (password)
Plugged in: display off after 10 min (no password), password required after 20 min, never sleep
I should point out that a password is still required after wake from sleep even if I didn't set the screen saver resume password. So I could have something like this:
On battery: display off after 5 min (no password), sleep after 25 min (password)
Plugged in: display off after 10 min (no password), never sleep
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Edited by
mke_geek
Thursday, May 22, 2014 2:57 AM