After about 30 minutes of inactivity Windows locks out. How to stop?

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Hi,
For about the last two weeks if I don't use the PC for about 30 minutes Windows goes to the screen with my user icon on it and it says it is locked, if I click on the icon all is okay again. I have run a complete virus scan and nothing is found. Is there any way to stop this from happening? I.E. some sort of user setting?


Thanks,
Gerald
 

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It seems it is entering sleep mode and on wakeup ask a password (that you don't have) to unlock.
Open Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options, hit Change plan settings - Change advanced power settings
On Require a password on wakeup set it to NO
 

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Thanks for the reply,
After the last few updates it seems to have changed the sleep plan to 30 minutes, as I use the PC most of the time (retired), I have set it to never. The Ask Password is greyed out. I'll see how it goes, not really a big problem but a bit annoying.


Gerald
 
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 ...Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz8.00 GBNVIDIA GeForce 8400GS
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom build
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z77-D3H
Memory
8.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS
Sound Card
(1) NVIDIA High Definition Audio (2) NVIDIA High Definitio
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 75 Hz
Hard Drives
(1) SAMSUNG HD103SI ATA Device (2) ST2000DM001-1CH164 ATA Device (3) BUFFALO External HDD USB Device (4) Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 USB Device (5) WDC WD20 EZRX-00DC0B0 USB Device
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