Windows 10: Preventing a computer from going to sleep

With everyone working remotely, I worked hard to make sure that our computers at the office never went to sleep. There used to be separate sections on the Power and Sleep settings allowing you to tell the computer to never go to sleep. Well an update must have gone out and now my only option is to never turn off the screen. I've seen several other fixes referencing the advanced power plans but I've got computers now going to sleep when I don't want them to. Any definitive answers on how to prevent the computers from going to sleep?

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iTunes stops playing when the computer go to sleep

Hi Ross,

Sleep mode is designed to stop all actions on a computer as it puts the device to a low-power state. Since you want to continue using a program even while your computer is locked, we suggest turning off Sleep mode by following these steps:

• Click Start.
• Go to Settings.
• Click System.
• Choose Power & Sleep from the left pane.
• Under Sleep, choose Never.

Let us know if you have any other concerns about your computer.

 

Issue with the application and computer going to sleep mode

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

• What is the make and model of the computer?
  
• Was there any major changes made prior to this issue?
  
• Does the computer go to sleep when trying to access any other applications?
  
  
  
  For the issues with Windows maximizing automatically, try these steps and let us know if it helps:
  

1. Open Ease of Access.
   
2. Click on make the mouse easier to use.
   
3. Under “Make it easier to manager Windows”, uncheck the first option “Activate the window by hovering over it with the mouse”.
   
4. Click on Apply and OK.
   

For issue related to computer going to sleep, try this step and let us know if it helps:

- Run the Power troubleshooter.

Open Settings and navigate to Update and Security>> Troubleshoot and run the Power Troubleshooter.

Hope this helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking on Yes or No.

Regards,

Gowrish S

Microsoft Community –Moderator

 

Preventing sleep on laptop/monitor

Hi Tricia,

In order to help you with your concern about preventing your Windows 10 not to go to sleep mode, may we request you to answer the following questions first:

• Have you made any recent changes to your computer system prior to getting this issue?
  
• What is the current Build and Version of your Windows 10 PC? To know these information follow these steps:
  

• Press the Windows key + R.
• Type Winver.
• Press Enter.
• A small box will appear showing the current Build and
  Version of your PC.

(Should you need to update your PC, you may click on this
link. This will also show you the update history for Windows 10.)

• Are you getting any error messages? If yes, kindly post it here.
• What troubleshooting steps have you taken so far?

You may utilize the troubleshooting suggestions from the post of
Aleksandr 10 in this thread, to remedy the
automatic sleep that your device is displaying. This link has been helpful to a lot of Community members who had the same concern and may also be helpful in the issue at hand.

We look forward to your response.

Regards.