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I un-checked that and the login prompt went away.

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This was not something we had actually done so again I was wondering if it was because of a Windows 10 update. Then, I noticed that the “ On resume, display logon screen” was checked. So, I changed that to the Aerial screen saver (but you could use whatever screen saver you want). I’m not sure if this was part of an upgrade, but there was nothing set in the Screen Saver settings. First, the Screen Saver drop-down menu was actually blank. Interestingly, when I looked at my wife’s settings, there were two things wrong. Open the Screen Saver Settings panel and take a look at what configuration is set. So, remember that setting under the Lock Screen panel above? The one that says “Screen saver settings”? That is the one to actually launch the screensaver control panel that now isn’t really showing up anymore, even when searching for it. While this is a good security setting to have (especially in a workplace), she didn’t want to be prompted all of the time to log in while at home. One of the issues that my wife was encountering was that when her screen “timed out” (perhaps trying to go to a screen saver), she was always prompted to log in.

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How to Disable the Quick Lock Screen Prompt Next, let’s address that quick lock screen prompt. Remember, for good energy conservation, you may want to turn those back to something reasonable later.

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Then also, under the Sleep section, set the When plugged in, PC goes to sleep after setting to “Never” as well.

For testing, under the Screen section, you may want to set the When plugged in, turn off after to “Never.” That will prevent your screen from turning off (while you test some of the other items here). Sometimes I have found that instead of activating the screensaver, the power settings are actually overriding any screensaver settings. These are the two items that are critical to the next step of fixing your Windows 10 Screensaver.įirst, as a check, go to the Power & sleep settings. Windows 10 Screensaver & Screentimeout settings Once you are in the Lock Screen settings, scroll down until you see two other settings, specifically Screen timeout settings and Screen saver settings. Within Windows Settings, click on the Personalization icon. Windows 10 System Settings Go to Lock Screen You can launch Windows Settings from the Start Menu or just type in “Settings” and select that. Here’s how to find the screensaver settings: Go to Windows Settings So after doing some digging around the new(er) Windows 10 Settings app, I was able to discover where the screensaver settings were hidden. The only thing that comes up under Settings is “Turn the lock screen slideshow on or off”. But guess what, the version that my wife has running now no longer shows the screensaver control panel. In the past, the easiest way to locate the Windows 10 screensaver settings was to simply launch the Start Menu and type in “screensaver”. And if any of these solve your problems with the Windows 10 screensaver, please do share this article with others! How to Find the Screensaver Settings in Windows 10

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I may update this article if other issues or questions are asked and I find an answer.

How to ensure that your Win10 screensaver is actually launching.

How to disable the quick lock screen prompt.

How to find the screensaver settings in newer versions of Windows 10.

Here’s what I will be answering in this article: I will be happy to answer, or there may be others who have a solution (or similar issue). There may be other issues that are not addressed in the article so I encourage you to leave a comment and ask. So let’s outline the issues we were encountering because if you found this article, I’m guessing that you are having the same or similar issues as well. But have no fear, I found a solution to all of these issues! Read on for more! And, I spent several hours trying to figure out why it wasn’t launching, why it was going to a lock screen, and where the heck Microsoft had moved the screensaver control panel. But her biggest complaint is that she simply couldn’t get this beautiful screensaver to even launch. And, due to changes with more recent versions of Windows 10, finding the actual screensaver settings has become a bit of a chore.

And other times, it would just go directly to a lock screen after activation where she would have to enter her password. Sometimes it would not launch the screensaver after the appropriate wait-time. (I too have the Mac version running on my Macs.) Unfortunately, recently, my wife’s Windows 10 machine has had some issues activating the screensaver.

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My wife is in love with the Windows-version of the Aerial screensaver which pulls videos from Apple’s Apple TV screensaver source.