Prompt for password on resume from hibernate/suspend
- Policy ID
- PW_PromptPasswordOnResume
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- System › Power Management
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.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- PromptPasswordOnResume-