Issue:

This began a few days ago and I am struggling to figure out what is causing my Windows to jump to the lock screen after 60 seconds of inactivity. Each time, the lock screen appears and requires me to enter the password again.

Investigation/Things I have tried so far:

1. Reset the Power Options in control panel. I have tried using other power plans, creating a new one, etc. with no luck
2. Enabling "System unattended sleep timeout" and setting it to 60 minutes as explained here
3. Enabling "Console lock display off timeout" and setting it to 60 minutes as explained here
4. Setting "Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit" within Local Computer Policy to 900 seconds as explained here
5. Added the "DisableLockWorkstation" option in registry as explained here
6. Disabling Sysinternals Autologon

fwiw, there are two strange messages in the Windows Sign-in page. Could they be a hint as to what's going on? Screenshot

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