[dba-Tech] Windows sign in

[Gary Kjos]

Is there a TIME BEFORE THE TIMEOUT engages?  Maybe under power
management?  Perhaps that could be increased. Often with portables
that is set to a short time to preserve battery power.

GK

On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 9:23 AM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I do have a camera, but I don't know if mine has facial recognition. I will
> check, but probably not.
>
> Also, no thumbprint like my phone.
>
> Thank you everyone -- such good ideas. I just need to adjust my attitude and
> stop letting this short delay annoy me so much.
>
> Susan H.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> Does your laptop have a camera?  My laptop is set up to recognize my face
> during power up.
>
> Alternatively all my Windows 10 PC's, two desktops and the one notebook, use
> a 4 digit numerical pass-code during startup.  I hardly remember what the
> actual password IS.  I do have it written down.
> <grin>  I think it's all using my Windows or Microsoft Account.
>
> GK
>
> On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 4:09 PM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > When I close my laptop, I must sign in again when I reopen it, which
> > is driving me nuts. I have dogs, and if I leave the top open, they
> > will fiddle with it, so I close it. I might do this 20 times in a single
> day!
> >
> >
> >
> > So, I'm thinking I might do away with sign in when the laptop is
> > reopened if there's a setting for it. I don't want to do away with
> > sign in when I boot, just when I reopen the running laptop.
> >
> >
> >
> > There's no one in my home who's going to sign in and get anything
> > confidential. I have no proprietary information stored either if they did.
> >
> >
> >
> > The worse that would happen is someone might steal the computer and go
> > shopping, but I usually don't save my credit card information at
> > shopping sites. I go back in and remove them if not given the option
> > at purchase time.
> >
> >
> >
> > I bank online and they could easily get into my banking account, which
> > is a concern.
> >
> >
> >
> > My laptop is always with me, so if it were stolen, I would probably
> > know about it quickly. It's the first thing I check each morning
> > because I can see what time it.
> >
> >
> >
> > The only time I turn it off is when I'm traveling with it, which is
> > most weekends. I go back and forth between my house and my daughter's
> > house to help care for my great grandbaby a couple of days a week.
> >
> >
> >
> > It just seems that the opportunity for being stolen is limited.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sorry for the ramble - not much annoys me, but this is beginning to.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Susan H
> >
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