Windows 10 idle lock screen: keyboard keypress not detected

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This must be something basic, but I was unable to find a solution.

The keyboard keypress is not detected when Windows is in the idle lock screen. I need to click with the mouse on screen to display the password textbox. If I lock the computer (eg: Windows+L) if I press any key, the textbox appear, as expected. How can I fix that?

How can we login without mouse after an idle lock?

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The probable explanation is that the lock screen does not have focus, so when you click you are regaining focus. Try entering alt+tab or ctrl+alt+del to test if this is really the case and if the keyboard is still reactive. If it is, then this is a bug by Microsoft that will probably be fixed in some future time.

If your keyboard is connected via USB, a setting that might help is "USB Selective Suspend". This allows the operating system to place a single USB port into low-power mode, rather than staying on or completely shutting off all USB ports. Try to disable it by doing the opposite of the procedure described in the article Windows 10 – How to Enable USB Selective Suspend.

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Windows-7 – How to Lock Screen After Screensaver Starts with Delay

Set your screen saver to lock when it comes on, then open regedit.exe to

HKey_Local_Machine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\

Find the entry on the right hand side of the screen for ScreenSaverGracePeriod (if it's not there, create it as a REG_SZ. Add (or change) the value to be 600 (that's 600 seconds, or 10 minutes).

Now, your screen saver will come on at 5 minutes, and you have an additional 10 minutes past that to wiggle your mouse and come back. After the screen saver has been on form 10 minutes the computer will automatically lock itself.

Windows 8 – How to Prevent Welcome Screen After Idling

After hours of frustration trying to figure this out, I finally discovered the solution. The problem seems to stem from the fact that I'm using Windows 8 Enterprise. (At least I think. I'm not sure why else these obvious solutions weren't working.)

Apparently, by default Windows 8 Enterprise's security settings disable or override all of the solutions mentioned in the other responses (and original question).

Here's the solution:

Go to:

Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts

And choose this item in the list on the left:

Reset security settings

Once you reset your security settings (and reboot), you will be able to disable the lock screen.

Disclaimer: I have no idea what other settings are changed by clicking Reset security settings, but this problem was enough of an annoyance for me that I wasn't concerned. Your mileage may vary.

Source: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_cp-security/computer-is-timing-out-to-lock-screen-and-requires/b8bb769d-c714-42a9-9e6a-ef7a1ec80121

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