How to activate automatic locking in vista

[Damien25]

Hello,
I am under Windows vista , and I would like to know how to activate automatic locking at the end of 5 min of inactivity for example. If somebody as knows how to do that under Vista, as it makes me share of it.

Thank you in advance for assistance

[Humberto]

How to set up the computer to lock automatically?

If you don’t have the habit of locking your PC manually then I seriously advise you to follow this.

Windows has password protect option in screen savers. If you have enabled that, the system would automatically lock itself as soon as the screen saver comes up. On resume, you will be asked for the password before you can enter.

1. Right click on the desktop -> Personalize -> Screen Saver.
2. If you are using Vista, check the box which says ‘On resume, display logon screen‘ or else in Windows XP this would be 'On resume, password protect'.
3. Save and close. Next time you move out of your PC it will lock itself after the time you have mentioned in the screen saver settings.

[Lillebror]

Enable or Disable Lock Computer in Vista

Through the Local Group Policy Editor

1. Open the Start Menu.
2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type gpedit.msc and press Enter.
3. Click Continue for the UAC prompt.
4. In the left pane, click on User Configuration, Administrative Templates, System, Ctrl+Alt+Del Options. (See screenshot
below)
5. In the right pane, right click on Remove Lock Computer and click Properties.
6. To Enable and Add Lock Computer - Dot Disabled or Not Configured and click OK. (See screenshot below step 7)
7. To Disable and Remove Lock Computer - Dot Enabled and click OK.
8. Close the Local Group Policy Editor window.