Windows 10: display sleep timeout suddenly changed

This evening my screens went to sleep several times and when I checked in the settings it had been set to 1 minute. I'm the only one using this computer and this setting is normally at 15-20 minutes, I can't remember exactly but definitely not 1 minute.

How on earth could this have happened. The only unusual thing I've done is to create a standard user and they would not have had access to my power settings?!

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Unable to change windows 10 timeout

Unable to change windows 10 timeout

I have tried all options suggested like;

• changing lock setting in Persoanlize-lock screen-screen save settings- change wait value (doesnt hold value, whatever I set comes back to 2).
• Changed registry to enable Power Options-Sleep-Sytem unattended sleep timeout , changed it to 60 min
• Changed registry to enable Power Options-Display-Console lock display off timeout , changed it to 60 min
• System file checker tool didnt find any correct/missing files "http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833/en-us"

None of the options work, after 2 minutes my computer locks. Is there any way out of this nightmare or should I switch to older windows?

 

Display and sleep settings

Hi,

In order to help you with the issue about the display and sleep settings, kindly answer the following questions:

• Have you tried the troubleshooting steps suggested by MVP Andre Da Costa? If you did, what were the results?
  
• For us to avoid redundancy of the troubleshooting process, what were the other steps you have done to resolve the issue?
  

We look forward to your next post.

Regards.

 

Change Lock Screen Display Off Timeout in Windows 10


It won't send you to the lock screen when the timeout has been reached.

Console lock display off timeout is the amount of minutes Windows will wait idle with no activity while on the lock screen when a user locks the computer before timing out and automatically turning off the display.

You might see if these below may be turning off the display instead.

• Change Turn off Display after Time in Windows 10 Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials
• Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Windows 10 Windows 10 User Accounts Tutorials