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Can I prevent Task Manager from pausing when the screen locks (Windows 10)?

Anonymous
2020-06-01T23:37:58+00:00

I have found a lot of "solutions" that pretty much come down to "Click: View->Update Speed->Normal" (or High, or Low).

But that is not what I am looking for. I hope there is a setting somewhere that will let me prevent it from pausing automatically when the screen is locked. I want to see the performance graphs for the time before I unlock it, and I also do not want to have to remember to set the update speed every time I unlock the screen.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-18T15:36:56+00:00

    Unfortunately no, task manager cannot run when the screen is locked.

    But that does not answer the question, which is:

    Can I make it automatically resume when I unlock the screen?

    And now you have raised further questions:

    This was not the way it behaved in earlier versions (earlier versions of Windows certainly, and maybe earlier versions of Windows 10). And, while this change may have made sense to someone, they were wrong, it makes NO sense. And why isn't this "feature" an option that can be, at least, enabled or disabled by the user?

    Even better, why doesn't the user have two options?

    1. Resume when the screen gets unlocked -- enable/disable
    2. Do not pause EVER -- enable/disable

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  2. Jan J.23 13,410 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-06-02T00:26:16+00:00

    Hi,

    I can't find any settings that will prevent it from pausing when the screen is locked.

    I will release this query for another advisor to assist you.

    Please accept my sincere apology.

    Kind Regards,

    Jan

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-06-03T15:02:33+00:00

    Hello hzm5740,

    I am Jaspreet an independent advisor.

    Unfortunately no, task manager cannot run when the screen is locked.

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