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Other Operating Systems => Windows 8 => Windows 8.1 Help and How to | Activation => Topic started by: javajolt on February 28, 2014, 10:10:22 PM
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Many times it happens to all of us, that we want to close the laptop, but not by shutting down it – so we use the Sleep option. Using this way, you can wake up your system instantly, rather then rebooting it, which takes extra time. For security concerns, Windows by default asks you to enter the user account password each time when you wake up your system. We have already seen how to disable login after Sleep in Windows 8 | 7. In Windows 8.1, you can also disable requiring password on wake up from PC Settings screen and log in automatically.
Just for your information, if you’re using a Microsoft account on Windows 8.1, and in case your PC is not connected to Internet, Windows you can log you in using the last used password.
You can make Windows 8.1 auto-logon at wake up using two ways mentioned below:
Manually Make Windows 8.1 Auto Logon After Sleep
1. Press Windows + I key combination on your keyboard to reveal the Settings charm. Click Change PC Settings at the bottom.
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2. In the following screen obtained as output of above step, click on Accounts in the left pane.
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3. Moving on, click on Sign-in optionsin the left hand side of following screen:
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4. In the right pane of above shown screen, you will the heading Password policy which will allow you to make “Password is not required when waking this PC from sleep” after you click Change.
You can restart the machine now to make changes effective. That’s it!
Make Windows 8.1 Auto LogonAfter Sleep Using Registry
1. Press Windows Key + R combination, type put Regedt32.exe in Run dialog box and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor.
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2. Navigate to the following location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
3. In the right pane of this locati0n, you’ll find a DWORD named DelayLockInterval having its Value data set to 1. Double click on the same DWORD to modify its Value data:
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4. In the above shown box, put the Value dataas 0 so that whenever your system wake up, it doesn’t asks you for the password. Click OK. You may now close Registry Editor and reboot to observe the changes. That’s it!
Hope you find the trick useful!
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