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Prompt for password on resume from hibernate/suspend

Supported on: Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only

Registry

HKCU Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Power

Value name: PromptPasswordOnResume

Description

This policy setting allows you to configure client computers to lock and prompt for a password when resuming from a hibernate or suspend state. If you enable this policy setting, the client computer is locked and prompted for a password when it is resumed from a suspend or hibernate state. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users control if their computer is automatically locked or not after performing a resume operation.