Windows 10: Windows 10 Set screen timeout shorter than 1 minute

I've been searching for quite some time, but I seem to want the exact opposite to most people. I want to have a way to set my screen timeout shorter than 1 minute. It seems like by default I can't actually make it shorter than that time. Does anyone know of a method?

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Windows 10 asks for password after screen turn-off timeout.

Yes, this does the trick. I was concerned about prior Windows' behavior not allowing a shorter timespan for screensaver verses screen sleep modes. It works fine.

I have my Screen set to sleep at 10 minutes and my blank screensaver set to activate at 20 minutes, and requiring Lock Screen (doesn't say password, but it does!!) so the password is required after the screensaver timeout, and not after the sleep timeout!

 

Nokia E5 backlight issue

This bug can be avoided by setting the power save timeout to be shorter than the light timeout. Even a 5 seconds difference is enough. F.e. setting the power saver timeout to 10 secs and light timeout to 15 secs works for me.

 

How about a hot key? I've one on my keyboard already (laptop).

Otherwise you might be able to do it by writing a script in Autohotkey, for example- just not quite sure what you'd test for. Key press? Mouse movement?

 

Sorry I should have mentioned it will be on a touch device, so no mouse or keyboard. I'll look into a script that gets reset after receiving input or something like that. But if there is a cleaner option i'd like that.

 

Don't know how that fits into a touch environment.. assuming it does what you want. Not tried that function.

 

I ended up finding the solution in the tutorials section: Change Turn off Display after Time in Windows 10

Option 4: powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 3c0bc021-c8a8-4e07-a973-6b14cbcb2b7e <seconds>

That, and a setting under Settings>Accounts>Sign-in options| Require sign-in has the functionality that I was looking for.

Thanks for the help guys.