How to enable the auto-lock feature when users leave - Dynamic Lock on Windows 10

Dynamic Lock is one of the new features integrated on Windows 10 Creators Update version. This feature automatically locks the computer every time a user leaves his or her desk. It can be said that this is one of the extremely useful security features on Windows 10.

1. Enable Dynamic Lock on Windows 10

To enable Dynamic Lock on Windows 10, follow the steps below:

1. Open the Settings window by pressing the Windows + I key combination or open the Start Menu, then find and click the Settings icon in the bottom left corner of the window.

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2. On the Settings window, find and click on Accounts => Sign-in options page .

3. In the right pane, find the option named Dynamic Lock and switch the option state to ON as shown below:

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So you've finished activating Dynamic Lock on your Windows 10 computer.

From now on the operating system will automatically lock the computer every time you leave the workplace. The script will be: When Dynamic Lock is activated, Windows 10 will automatically lock the device after about 10 to 15 minutes when you leave.

2. Another way

In addition to the above, you can enable Dynamic Lock by tweaking the Registry.

1. Open the Windows Registry Editor window:

- Press Windows + R key combination to open the Run command window.

- On the Run command window, enter regedit there and press Enter .

2. In the Windows Registry Editor window, navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon

3. Here, create a 32-bit value DWORD by right-clicking any space in the right pane, selecting New => DWORD 32-bit value . Name this new value EnableGoodbye .

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Double-click EnableGoodbye to open the value editing window, set the value in the Value Data frame to 1 to enable Dynamic Lock on Windows 10.

4. In case if you want to disable the Dynamic Lock feature, you can delete the value of EnableGoodbye that you just created or set the value in the Value Data frame to 0 .

On Windows team, Dynamic Lock feature is called Windows Goodbye. That's why the Registry parameter is named EnableGoodbye.

Also, if you don't want to manually edit the Registry, you can use the built-in Registry:

1. Download Registry Files to your computer and install it here.

Refer to some of the following articles:

1. How to login Windows 10 automatically without entering a password

1. Clean up traces of Pagefile every time you turn off your Windows 10 computer

1. Instructions for activating Keyboard Backlight on Windows 10

Good luck!