How To Change Windows 10 Lock Screen Timeout. In this article, you will read methods to change lock screen timeout in Windows 10. Windows 10 locks the screen after a few minutes of inactivity. This feature is very useful for saving power and battery life. You can customize the lock screen by changing the background images, adding slideshows, or even reading the news. The lock screen turns black too fast if you remain inactive after entering it. It prevents checking the customized slide shows and images. Read the article to know how to change the timeout of the Windows 10 lock screen after inactivity.
How To Avoid Lock Screen?
If you don’t want your system to turn off the display and enters into the lock screen, then you can change the settings from the Turn off display settings. To do so:
1.Type Power and Sleep settings in the Start menu.
2.Select the top option.
3.Click on the drop-down menu in the Screen section.
4.Select the Never option.
5.Do the same thing with the Sleep drop-down menu.
How To Change Windows 10 Lock Screen Timeout Using Registry?
There is no such settings in the Windows Power options to change the timing of the lock screen. However, you can do it by changing the Registry. But, be careful while doing so, as it can crash your system. To tweak the Registry for unlocking the lock screen timeout settings in Windows 10:
1.Press the Windows + R keys to open the Run utility.
2.Type regedit.
3.Press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
4.Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99\8EC4B3A5-6868-48c2-BE75-4F3044BE88A7
5.Double-click on the Attributes value in the right-panel.
6.Change the Value to 2.
7.Click on OK.
8.Restart the computer.
9.The screen lock timeout settings will be unlocked in the Power Options.
10.Change the settings from the Power Options.
How To Change Windows 10 Screen Lock Timeout From Power Options?
After doing changes in the Registry, change the settings from the Power options. In Windows 10 disable lock screen timeout, by following the steps:
1.Type Control Panel in the Start menu.
2.Click on the top result.
3.Change the View by: to Small icons in Control Panel.
4.Locate and click on the Power Options.
5.Click on the Change plan settings option beside the selected preferred plan.
6.Select the Change advanced power settings option.
7.This will open the Power Options dialog on your screen.
8.Locate and expand the Display option.
9.Expand the Console lock display off timeout option.
10.Change the Settings (Minutes) to what you want the timeout should be.
11.Click on Apply and OK to save the changes.
12.Now, the timeout of the lock screen will get changed.
How To Change Windows 10 Lock Screen Timeout Using PowerShell?
If the above method is way too difficult, the try using the ‘PowerCFG.exe’ power options utility. To use the PowerCFG.exe utility to change the lock screen timeout on Windows 10, you will need to use the Windows PowerShell. To do so:
1.Right-click on the Start Menu.
2.Select the Windows PowerShell (Admin) option from the pop-up menu.
3.Type the following commands in the PowerShell prompt.
4.Remember to put the actual time in seconds for the timeout in place of as shown in the image.
5.Also, press Enter after finishing each command.
a) powercfg.exe /setacvalueindex SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_VIDEO VIDEOCONLOCK
b) powercfg.exe /setactive SCHEME_CURRENT
The VIDEOCONLOCK is the inactivity period for the timeout when the PC is on the locked screen. Changing it will change the timeout period of the lock screen.