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How to bypass the Windows 10 lock screen to press buttons automatically

Windows 10 has an extra lock screen that gets in the way of PTFB's  “Unlock computer to press targets” option in Options -> Configure -> Settings. Happily, there's a way to tell Windows not to use this new screen, but it does require a small registry edit. If you're running the Windows 10 Anniversary update, there's a further complication in that the OS keeps undoing the registry tweak.

I'm working on putting a permanent fix for this in PTFB Pro itself but for now there's a an elegant workaround that uses the Windows Task Scheduler.

For full details, please read the following article on PTFB's blog:

http://www.ptfbpro.com/automate/disabling-the-lock-screen-in-windows-10-anniversary-update-for-ptfb-pro/

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