Windows 10: Sleep set to never, yet system enters 'connected standby' due to 'idle timeout' - why ? reboot

Hi


I would like to revive these two threads:


https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/running-processes-suspended-when-display-goes-off/233c8fed-836f-46da-b92f-51530b340d28?tm=1551434342298


https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-power/sleep-set-to-never-yet-system-enters-connected/12186771-9abc-40c4-8ee9-e5cd2f961d88?tm=1546263834802


None of these give a clear and simple explanation/solution to this simple problem with Win10:

How to allow display to turn off after some time WITHOUT the system entering any kind of sleep state ?

Currently, my system default power scheme has the following settings, when plugged in:

"turn off display = 20 minutes"

"put the computer to sleep = never"

"Turn on fast startup = disabled"


yet, when I leave the system alone for a while and come back, it wakes from a state that is not simply "screen turned off", and the Windows system log has the following entry:

'The system is entering connected standby
Reason: Idle Timeout.'

Event ID 506


This is not per se an issue, except that often then, active USB connected devices generic USB hard disks, with native Windows drivers no longer work properly, and the system has to be rebooted shutdown takes forever, the system trying to shutdown drivers in some inconsistent state, and eventually causes a 0x0000009f bugcheck.

Needless to say, the system is up-to-date with the manufacturer DELL drivers & BIOS...This is Win10 1903.


Is the only workaround to disable Modern Standby and its 'benefits' altogether ?

:)

 

Sleep set to never, yet system enters 'connected standby' due to 'idle timeout' - why ?

I have a freshly installed workstation and have changed the power setting to sleep=never while plugged in.

Yet, after some time, the system goes to 'connected standby'.

In the event log, I see:

'The system is entering connected standby

Reason: Idle Timeout.'

Is there a way to completely prevent the system from going to sleep ?

 

Idle Time Out

My plugged in system goes into 'connected standby' for the reason as shown in the
Event Viewer

The system is entering connected standby

Reason: Idle Timeout.

How do I prevent my system from entering connected standby? Please note I have the following settings in
Power & Sleep settings Sleep

On battery power, PC goes to sleep after

4min

When plugged in, PC goes to sleep after

Never

Is it possible to increase or disable the Idle Timeout for going into connected standby?

***Modified title from: Idle Time Out***

[Mod Edit: Changed title from "How to disable Connected Standy?]

 

The system is entering connected standby when is supposed to be turning off just the screen

With my Surface Book 2 my Power Plan: is Screen Off after 10 min and Sleep after 2 hours, nonetheless after 10 min it will be triggered "The system is entering connected standby " Reason: Idle Timeout., I am confused, was it supposed to
be only the Screen off after 10 min according to the Windows 10 Power Plan? Please help clarifying this will be appreciated, thanks