Screen is locking after a very short period

Question

My screen is locking after a very short period, meaning that I have to enter my password if I leave the computer for as little as 1 minute. Nothing anywhere in my settings seems to indicate why this is happening. The screen timeout settings don't seem to have anything to do with locking the screen (they're all set to Never anyway) and I have not enabled a screen saver. I have also done the registry edit:

Open the Registry Editor and added: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System, create a new 32-bit DWORD Value named InactivityTimeoutSecs, and set the value to 0.

What's going on and how can I fix this problem so that the screen doesn't lock until something like 60 minutes of inactivity (or preferably NEVER) rather than merely 1 minutes or whatever it is right now? I have no requirement for it to ever lock automatically. Using Windows 11

Answer 1

Hi,

Are you using a Lenovo device? If so, check whether Zero Touch Lock is enabled, as it has been known to cause this issue on Lenovo devices. If it is a Lenovo, you can either download the Lenovo Vantage app from the Microsoft Store or follow the instructions on the page below to disable it.

https://windowsreport.com/lenovo-vantage-zero-touch-lock/

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