Windows 8.1 Screen Locking at Display Turn Off (instead of only at Sleep)

Hi All,
I am having this issue with clients running Windows 8.1 Enterprise, which we are planning to deploy later on this summer.
We currently have a GPO setup for managing the power settings on our staff computers:
This GPO sets computers to sleep after 1 hour, but turn off the monitor after 5 minutes of inactivity
On our Windows 7 systems, the policy applies correctly and if our staff uses their computer before 60 minutes of inactvity (before they go to sleep),
the screens will just turn back on without prompting for login.
I have noticed however on our Windows 8.1 test computers, in the same OU, which receive this policy, that after 5 minutes when the screen goes off, if a staff member attempts to use their computer they will be prompted for a password even though the
unit was not in sleep mode.
Further more, I've noticed that on the Windows 8.1 Systems, I am able to override the "Require a Password on Wakeup" setting using the metro interface, as pictured below (the setting does change in power options as seen below), and does stay in
the No setting even if I run gupdate and reboot.
Any idea how to keep the Require Password for waking up, but not just for computer with the screen powered down?
(I should also not screen savers are not being used)

Hi,
You can tried also set the item Sleep: After 60 min to see what's going on.
On my laptop, once I configure this, the display turns off without lock the computer.
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support

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