I found my solution in an article on How-to Geek that pointed out the Windows registry setting to disable it: Now, I could've just configured the PIN to be the same PIN I use elsewhere to make it simple to unlock but I wanted to prevent it from being locked in the first place since it seems silly to me to have this double-layer of Windows locking (host machine and virtual machine).
(I use Microsoft Accounts and even changed the Microsoft Account password but the Windows session never did pick it up.) I had to restart the machine, letting VMWare send the saved password through for the initial login in order to use it again. This tripped me up one time when the virtual Windows machine was locked and none of the passwords I thought it used worked to unlock it. This is fine but it doesn't work for a locked session, only for the initial login VMWare does not pass the authentication again when unlocking a Windows session. Because of this convenience, I often forget to configure the PIN for the workstation, letting it just require the password which can be configured to be automatically sent from VMWare. I use multiple virtual machines with VMWare which conveniently passes the Windows authentication through to the virtual machine, allowing it to start up without requiring a second login. This works for both initial login and when I unlock a locked Windows session.
I've configured the Windows Sign-in options on all my machines to use a PIN (Personal Identification Number) or 4-digit code and use that all the time.
The Windows+ L keyboard shortcut makes it easy to quickly lock the machine when I step away for a few minutes.
I'm a proponent of good security and when I leave my computer, I want it to require a password or code to get back in. I like WinSCP and found no compelling reason to switch. WinSCP has more features and I get frequent updates, so that's not a selling point for me.
It's funny that one prominent reason listed for why you would choose UltraFTP is because it's commercially supported. The UltraFTP home page lists several features that remind me a lot of WinSCP-which has almost every one of them: synchronized files and folders, configurable sessions, fast transfers, integrated text editor, drag-and-drop file support, and more. WinSCP has great support for scripting and automation which works well within my batch scripts, saving me time and reducing errors. I've written some batch scripts that build the project, code-sign the executables, then upload the installers via FTP.
I have a few different sites where software updates are made available to customers from a downloadable link on a website. Switching back to UltraFTP, the program was frozen-I could not close the session or the program or perform any other option. So I switched to WinSCP to see if that would reveal any further details on why it couldn't be deleted, but the folder deleted immediately with the first try. I tried refreshing the folder list, going up to the parent folder, and back down, but nothing worked. It didn't delete and the error message was the same. I pulled up the permissions in the properties list, checked the write property and saved it, then tried to delete the folder again. I tried to delete it but it's folder permissions prevented it.
I was using UltraFTP to update a site built with Drupal and I noticed a directory left over from some testing I had done several months earlier. Here are the two things that decided it for me: This will be a short blog-it's not an exhaustive comparison and I didn't even do any upload or download timings to see which is fastest because I found a couple of deal-breakers and didn't spend any more time with UltraFTP-I'll be sticking with WinSCP. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to my expectations. I figured since I now own the UE suite of products, I should at least look at UltraFTP. I've been using an open source FTP client for many years and have come to rely on WinSCP for keeping websites up to date, uploading software for customers, and more.
A few weeks ago I compared UltraEdit with EditPad Pro an ancillary product that comes with the UltraEdit Studio suite is UltraFTP.