Is there any way to prevent Windows 10 from locking?

Situation: the client manually set both Screen & Sleep settings to “Never”, but it locks after inactivity. They wonder if there is any GPO setting (or registry, etc.) that will prevent a Windows 10 machine from locking after inactivity?

Resolution: 1. For group policy, try this:

Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Security Settings->Local Policies->Security Options->Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit

Changing this directly affects the stated registry entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\InactivityTimeoutSecs

2. For registry, try this:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\
Value Name: InactivityTimeoutSecs

 

Configure other email apps to check Gmail

This example is based on Outlook 2016. To setup IMAP

Step 1: Turn on  IMAP in Google account
1. Login Gmail account.
2. In the top right, click Settings Settings.
3. Click Settings.
4.Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
5.In the “IMAP Access” section, select Enable IMAP.
6.Click Save Changes.

Step 2: Configure IMAP and SMTP settings in email apps

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server
imap.gmail.com

Requires SSL: Yes

Port: 993

Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server
smtp.gmail.com

Requires SSL: Yes

Requires TLS: Yes (if available)

Requires Authentication: Yes

Port for SSL: 465

Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587

Full Name or Display Name Your name
Account Name, User name, or Email address Your full email address
Password Your Gmail password