[zcaveman]

The whole story is long and involved since I have been working on the problem for a few days but I will try to keep it short.

We are talking about a Windows 8.1 system upgraded from a Windows 8 system.

When you come out of sleep, you are asked for a password. I followed all of the instructions and went into the Control Panel/Power Options and set sleep to Never. We no longer go to sleep. When I set the monitor to 15 minutes to conserve power, all is good. When I move the mouse to get the monitor to come on, it asks for the password.

Does anyone know what I have to/reset to get rid of the password requirement?

I have Googled and tried several of the suggestions and it STILL wants a password.

Personally, I would like to line up all of these Microsoft security guys and blow their a**es away (sorry gun control people) for designing something so stupid for PC owners that are in their own house. The reason being is that if you CANNOT remember your password, you have to reinstall Windows. Really smart.

Any help would be appreciated.

Z