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Home Windows 7 Enable \ Disable password required after Wakeup in Windows 7

Enable \ Disable password required after Wakeup in Windows 7

March 3, 2010
  • Windows 7
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By default you need to enter your password again after your windows 7 resumes from sleep, standby, or hibernate. In this post, I will show you how to enable and disable password required after wakeup.

Step 1:
Go to control panel: Start >> Control panel

For view by category, select “Large icons” from drop down menu.
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Step 2:
Now your control will show all available options. Click on “Power Options”
power options

Now click on “Change plan settings” of the power plan you are using.
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Now click on “Change advanced power settings”
advanced power settings in windows 7

Step 3:
By default settings for “require a password on wakeup” is disabled. we need to first enable settings that are disabled. Click on “Change settings that are currently unavailable”
Change settings that are currently unavailable

Now you can enable or disable “Password Required on wakeup”. Select “Yes” to enable and “N0” to disable password required. Click “Apply” and “Ok” buttons.
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7 Responses to Enable \ Disable password required after Wakeup in Windows 7


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  1. Recover Windows Password says:
    March 4, 2010 at 2:24 am

    Nice post. I really enjoyed it.

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    May 22, 2010 at 10:18 pm

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    January 23, 2011 at 8:01 am

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  6. Imtiaz Habib says:
    December 19, 2012 at 11:20 pm

    My require password on waking is not working, even though I have reset it many times. It used to work but isn’t now. Can you help?

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