Windows 10: screen saver settings wont save

My screen times out after 2 minutes of inactivity on the touchpad. Every time I try to change the screen saver setting to 800 minutes > apply > ok and then go back in to check, it resets to 2 minutes!!! SOS

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Screen Saver and Sceen lock

Hi,

Regarding your concern, we suggest setting up power options first before setting the screen saver. You may perform these steps:

• In the search box on the task bar, type Power Options,
  and then select Power Options.
  
• Click Change Plan Settings.
• Change the settings to Never.
• Select Save changes.
• Set your screen saver.

Do let us know should you need further assistance.

 

Missing "random" setting on screen saver windows 10

Hi Ruth,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

We appreciate your interest in Windows 10. I will be glad to assist you with this.

I would suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

1. Press Windows key + R

2. Type control and press enter to open control panel.

3. Type "change screen saver" in the control panel search box and open it.

4. In the screen saver settings window, you can choose the preferred screen saver from the drop down list.

5. To use multiple photos a screen saver, select "photo gallery", click settings>browse and locate the folder where the preferred photos are saved.

Save the changes.

Hope this helps.

Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to help.

 

Screen saver slideshow for Windows 10

Hi,

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if this helps:

• Open Screen Saver Settings by clicking on the start button and entering
  Screen saver in the search box.
• Under Screen saver, tap or click
  Photos.
• To change one or more of the screen saver settings, tap or click
  Settings, and then do one or more of the following:
  
• To change the speed of the slide show, tap or click the list next to
  Slide show speed(it will give three options Slow, Medium and Fast) select accordingly.
• If you want the photos to appear in a random order, select the
  Shuffle pictures check box.
• Tap or click Save to save the setting changes you made. Then tap or click
  OK in the Screen Saver Settings
  dialog box.

For additional information refer to the link below:

How to use screen savers

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/using-screen-savers

Hope this information helps!

Thank you.