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Windows randomly skips lock-screen

m.a.d.m.a.x
By m.a.d.m.a.x
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Hi, 

 

so I noticed, my Laptop (2020 Zephyrus G14) sometimes skips the lock-screen after a startup. 

That scares me a bit. 

 

I don't know if I started to see this kind of behavior when changing to Windows 11 or if it was present with Windows 10. 

My Desktop doesn't have that problem. 

I am on 22H2. 

 

I would really like to avoid spending the time to reinstall Windows.

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12 minutes ago, m.a.d.m.a.x said:

so I noticed, my Laptop (2020 Zephyrus G14) sometimes skips the lock-screen after a startup. 

You do have a password set, right?

 

Else, do you have facial rec or fingerprint unlock enabled?

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Yes of course.
I set a PIN like on all my devices. 
I also have a fingerprint scanner on the power button that doesn't really work most of the time. 
It sometimes directly goes to Windows desktop without me even seeing the lockscreen. 
I normally also don't touch the laptop while startup. Just press the power button and let it sit until I am in lockscreen. 

 

I also can't imagine it remembers my fingerprint from starting the PC. 

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6 minutes ago, m.a.d.m.a.x said:

I also can't imagine it remembers my fingerprint from starting the PC. 

That's actually what they do on some modern devices.

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20 minutes ago, m.a.d.m.a.x said:

I also can't imagine it remembers my fingerprint from starting the PC. 

Yep, it's called caching. It will store your bio-metrics long enough to log you in, thus saving you a whole button press.

If you want to test it for yourself, try pushing the power button with something other than your finger, like a pencil eraser or something. If it still logs you in, THEN you have a problem.

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Didn't know it could be able to do that. Particularly because the sensor, most of the time, doesn't work anyways.

I will try it with my finger joint or a pen the next few days and will tell you what happened. 

Thanks in the meantime

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