Policy

Prompt for password on resume from hibernate/suspend

This policy setting allows you to configure client computers to lock and prompt for a password when resuming from a hibernate or suspend state. If you enable this policy setting, the client computer is locked and prompted for a password when it is resumed from a suspend or hibernate state. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users control if their computer is automatically locked or not after performing a resume operation.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category System / Power Management
Policy ID 823d5527667c
Internal name PW_PromptPasswordOnResume

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Power\PromptPasswordOnResume (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Power\PromptPasswordOnResume (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to configure client computers to lock and prompt for a password when resuming from a hibernate or suspend state. If you enable this policy setting, the client computer is locked and prompted for a password when it is resumed from a suspend or hibernate state. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users control if their computer is automatically locked or not after performing a resume operation.

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