GPO question: Preventing Kiosks from sleeping or display from turning off

Question

We are currently rolling out our GPO's and have kiosks that need to remain on at all times.

• Option 1: We have tested by removing GPO's related to screensaver - the issue is that when upon waking the computer by pressing a key or moving the mouse it requires a password to log back in (this would potentially work if didn't require a password to log back in)
• Option 2: Prevent the display from turning off and remain on until we physically turn it off
• We would like to push out GPO's and then create an exception so the kiosk stays on
• Is there a setting that would prevent entering a password when waking the computer?
• Is there a setting that would prevent the display from turning off?
  -Would appreciate any help.
• Thanks -

Answer 1

Hello,

The GPO policy you are looking for is:

Computer Configuration>>Administrative Templates>>System>>Power Management>>Sleep Settings:

"Require a password when a computer wakes (on battery)" set to "Disabled"

"Require a password when a computer wakes (Plugged in)" set to "Disabled"

Both of these need to be set to disabled to prevent need for a password. (this spare your kiosk from screen burn.)

To have it never time out set the following GPO as well:

Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >>

"Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit" set to "0". This will prevent the device from timing out and locking.

If these settings help please upvote and accept this answer.

Thank you and have a great day!