Lockscreen stops downloads

Hi everyone,

my Win is

Windows 11 Home 22H2 Build 22621.1265 Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22638.1000.0

my problem:
after some recent (I don't know which) update, my lockscreen stops download, when I click WIN + L and then log in again my download are all failed in every browser.
I have a Desktop Computer with turn off screen set at 5 minutes and suspension set to "never". Save energy mode set to Balanced
And my network adpater is not set to save energy

Thank you
Matteo

matteog said:

Hi everyone,

my Win is

Windows 11 Home 22H2 Build 22621.1265 Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22638.1000.0

my problem:
after some recent (I don't know which) update, my lockscreen stops download, when I click WIN + L and then log in again my download are all failed in every browser.
I have a Desktop Computer with turn off screen set at 5 minutes and suspension set to "never". Save energy mode set to Balanced
And my network adpater is not set to save energy

Thank you
Matteo

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I don't think downloads continue after you've signed out, which you would have to do to be on the lock screen.
Unless ofc, you mean screen saver and not lock screen.
When you're on the lock screen your User is signed out of Windows.

I also have Windows 10 and 11 set to turn off my screen after 5 mins.
But all it does is... turn off my screen... it doesn't log off.

I'm on Win 10 at the moment, but I started a 5GB test download... then manually signed out.
I got this screen and chose: Sign out anyway.
It broke the download...




I don't know what Windows chooses, when the sign out is automatic.
Sorry for the potato pic... but I have a cheap flip phone.


There's also this, IF you have a screen saver set to run. If this box is checked... then Windows will log out...






By itself, setting Windows to turn the screen off after 5 minutes... will NOT log you out of Windows.

Here's another way to "Turn off the display" if it helps...

Network Adapter may still be going into sleep mode thus canceling downloads .
Press Windows + R and type : "powercfg.cpl" no quotes . Enter .
Open power plan advanced configuration ( next to power plan name ) and look for network adapter . Set to maximum power or performance

Ghot said:

I don't think downloads continue after you've signed out, which you would have to do to be on the lock screen.
Unless ofc, you mean screen saver and not lock screen.
When you're on the lock screen your User is signed out of Windows.

I also have Windows 10 and 11 set to turn off my screen after 5 mins.
But all it does is... turn off my screen... it doesn't log off.

I'm on Win 10 at the moment, but I started a 5GB test download... then manually signed out.
I got this screen and chose: Sign out anyway.
It broke the download...

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I don't know what Windows chooses, when the sign out is automatic.
Sorry for the potato pic... but I have a cheap flip phone.


There's also this, IF you have a screen saver set to run. If this box is checked... then Windows will log out...

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By itself, setting Windows to turn the screen off after 5 minutes... will NOT log you out of Windows.

Here's another way to "Turn off the display" if it helps...

Add "Turn off display" Context Menu in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to add a Turn off display desktop context menu that will let users Turn off display or Lock computer and Turn off display on demand in Windows 10 and Windows 11. By default, You can specify a screen timeout for how long the PC sits inactive without user activity...

www.elevenforum.com

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Hi Ghot,
before the last updates I could download with the lockscreen indeed Windows didn't ask me to stop apps like you in Win 10 (I don't remember this beahviour also in win 10)
I don't have any screensaver acitive neither thath box checked
I know that turn off the screen don't log out

4goTTen21 said:

Network Adapter may still be going into sleep mode thus canceling downloads .
Press Windows + R and type : "powercfg.cpl" no quotes . Enter .
Open power plan advanced configuration ( next to power plan name ) and look for network adapter . Set to maximum power or performance

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My (wireless) network adapter is already set to maximun performance
Also I have an ethernet line but in the settings I read only "wireless network adapter"

matteog said:

Windows didn't ask me to stop apps like you in Win 10

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I'm guessing that by using Win + L, you may be passing over that screen that.. asks.
I have the Win key disabled, so I can't really test that.
But as I mentioned... when you are on the lock screen, you are logged OUT of your user account.

I'm on 22H2 on both Win10 and Win 11 (non-Insider).

Ghot said:

I'm guessing that by using Win + L, you may be passing over that screen that.. asks.
I have the Win key disabled, so I can't really test that.

I'm on 22H2 on both Win10 and Win 11.

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When I press Win + L and then log in again all my apps are open only the downloads are stopped

matteog said:

When I press Win + L and then log in again all my apps are open only the downloads are stopped

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matteog said:

When I press Win + L and then log in again all my apps are open only the downloads are stopped

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Same thing happened to me when I clicked: "sign out anyway".

Firefox and my tabs were still there, but my download was stopped.
I think what happens is, that when you log out, Windows takes a "snapshot" of all open apps.
So they will be there when you sign in again.

But downloads involve you, the internet and another computer/server.
I have the feeling Windows can't "snapshot" that, because ONLY your computer is accessible to Windows.


Try this...
Open and start a youtube, then do your Win + L and then sign back in.
I'd bet that you will still be "at" the youtube address, but it will have stopped playing (reset back to the start point).

I also think that if you are playing a video that's stored on your computer... doing the Win + L and then signing back in, will stop that too. I don't think Windows can "snapshot" things that are... "moving" (dynamic?).
I think only "static" things can be recorded with a snapshot.

It's like the PrtSc key. You can take a screen shot of a video or game, but only one frame of a video or game.
You can't snapshot... things that are moving and expect them to be moving in the snapshot.

That's what I think is happening to your download. When you do Win + L, and then log back in... Windows will probably remember the address of your download, but the download will have stopped, and possibly erased whatever had been downloaded already.

The only thing I know of that can remember and resume a download is a torrent client, like Utorrent.
But I've never tried that while signing out and then signing in again.

When I start a video on Youtube or a play a song on my hard disk and then Log Out they are still playing.
Indeed for example the command for YouTube appears in the lockscreen.
The Lockscreen doesn't stop apps but only lock the desktop so another person can't access to your desktop when you are absent

matteog said:

When I start a video on Youtube or a play a song on my hard disk and then Log Out they are still playing.
Indeed for example the command for YouTube appears in the lockscreen.
The Lockscreen doesn't stop apps but only lock the desktop so another person can't access to your desktop when you are absent

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Maybe Windows stops downloads on log out, so you don't get a corrupt download?
Maybe it started with Windows Update issues, and this was a way to fix that?

Weird. I tried the youtube thing, and then signed out. This time it didn't remember my Firefox tabs or the youtube, and it didn't ask the question it did before.



Weird. I tried the 5GB test download again, then signed out manually. I got the same message in the pic above, and this time I chose: "Cancel", which canceled the sign out.
So... I tried it again, planning to click on: "Sign out anyway", and this time, I didn't get the message, and lost the Firefox tabs and the download.




Ok... now I'm on Win 11... let's see what happens with the 5GB test download...


Ok... I got the message again... and again it said... this app (the download), is preventing you from signing out.
I chose: "Sign out anyway", and then logged back in.

Firefox came up with all tabs, and again with a failed download.


So both Win 10 and Win 11 are doing the same thing. BOTH said, the download was preventing me from signing out.
When I chose: Sign out anyway... it broke the download.

Again, the only guess I can come up with is that... maybe MS set it up like this to prevent corrupted downloads?

Ghot said:

Maybe Windows stops downloads on log out, so you don't get a corrupt download?
Maybe it started with Windows Update issues, and this was a way to fix that?

Weird. I tried the youtube thing, and then signed out. This time it didn't remember my Firefox tabs or the youtube, and it didn't ask the question it did before.



Weird. I tried the 5GB test download again, then signed out manually. I got the same message in the pic above, and this time I chose: "Cancel", which canceled the sign out.
So... I tried it again, planning to click on: "Sign out anyway", and this time, I didn't get the message, and lost the Firefox tabs and the download.




Ok... now I'm on Win 11... let's see what happens with the 5GB test download...


Ok... I got the message again... and again it said... this app (the download), is preventing you from signing out.
I chose: "Sign out anyway", and then logged back in.

Firefox came up with all tabs, and again with a failed download.


So both Win 10 and Win 11 are doing the same thing. BOTH said, the download was preventing me from signing out.
When I chose: Sign out anyway... it broke the download.

Again, the only guess I can come up with is that... maybe MS set it up like this to prevent corrupted downloads?

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Sorry I've written log out instead of lock the desktop
I've used Win + L, can you try this and check if the lockscreen cancel your donwload?

matteog said:

Sorry I've written log out instead of lock the desktop
I've used Win + L, can you try this and check if the lockscreen cancel your donwload?

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As I mentioned earlier... I have the Win key disabled.
I don't type very well, and I keep bumping the Win key... so I disabled it.

Tested it out with Thinkbroadband 1GB download test file and it continues for me when on the lock screen. Same with YT still playing.

Ghot said:

As I mentioned earlier... I have the Win key disabled.
I don't type very well, and I keep bumping the Win key... so I disabled it.

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Sorry I forgot

Fabler2 said:

Tested it out with Thinkbroadband 1GB download test file and it continues for me when on the lock screen. Same with YT still playing.

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Exactly how it did for me before the update

Check your power options. I've hibernate disabled and sleep set to 'never' on power.

Fabler2 said:

Check your power options. I've hibernate disabled and sleep set to 'never' on power.


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I have already suspension and hibernate set to "never" and screen to 5 minutes

This has been driving me nuts, too.

Even though everything else said that the hard drive would never sleep, this was set to 20 minutes.

Now that I also changed this to Never, the problem stopped.