Try this first
- 1Windows key + L locks immediately. Make it a habit on every step away, even for a minute.
- 2Auto-lock: Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options > "Require sign-in" set to "When the PC wakes up". And Screensaver settings > "On resume, display logon screen" on.
- 3Set screensaver time to a max of 5 minutes (Settings > Personalisation > Lock screen > Screen saver settings).
- 4In office: pair Bluetooth Dynamic Lock to your phone. When the phone is out of Bluetooth range, the PC locks automatically.
When to bring us in
For clients we deploy this as group policy; correct on every laptop within five minutes. No longer dependent on which user remembers to set it.
See also
- I think I clicked a phishing linkNo shame, happens to everyone. The next fifteen minutes matter.
- A colleague's account is acting strangelySending mail in their name, rules hiding folders, unusual sign-ins. Suspicious.
- Lost the MFA app: new phone, no backup codesClassic problem after a phone upgrade. You are not the first to be locked out.
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