Windows 10: Windows 10 Sleeps nearly Instantly

How do I change settings to make my computer stop going into sleep nearly instantly? It's becoming a real issue, I can turn around to answer the phone and it goes into sleep mode, screens turn off. Please help!!

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Problems with Instantly Resuming from Sleep

Ok, I have a problem that (AFAIK) no one else on any of the forums (and forum sites) I have visited seem to having. As per the title, I am sure you can see that it is related to my laptop going to sleep.

The Problem:

My Dell XPS 15 (9550) seems to go to sleep properly whenever I

• Press the power button
• Close the lid
• Or use the sleep function in the standard start menu

This means that whatever is on the screen fades away until all I have left is a black screen and the power button stops glowing. However, when I try to "wake it from sleep", the screen will stay black for about 4-6 seconds, and then give me the dell POST loading screen as if it is starting up from

• Shutting down
• Hibernating
• Hybrid Sleep

As a result, when I first encountered this problem, I tried to check if it really was hibernating (or going into hybrid sleep) instead of standard "sleeping", because that is what it looks like. So, I left some file explorer tabs open and a Microsoft edge window open and put it to "sleep". The open windows (file explorer and Microsoft edge) did not load up after the computer was back in a useable state (after the dell POST screen). This leads me to believe that the computer is not going into hybrid sleep or hibernate when I put it to sleep, but is doing an action that is more similar to the shut down function.

This is what the screen looks like when I "wake" it from sleep (also known as the dell POST screen)





Resolutions I have tried:

• Resetting my power plan to its default settings in windows 10
• Disabling and re enabling hibernate/hybrid sleep (via CMD)
• Reinstalling Windows 10 (Fresh - latest version)
• Updating Device Drivers (both windows update and device manager)
• Resetting all BIOS settings to factory defaults

My System Specs:

• Intel Core i7 6700hq
• 16 GB DDR4 2133mhz RAM
• Nvidia GeForce GTX 960m
• 256 GB Samsung PM951 NVME SSD (this is the stock SSD that came with my XPS 15 9550)
• 4k (3840x2160) "Infinity - Edge" Screen

I appreciate all the help I can get on this topic, so thank you in advance.
(Ps. this is my first "complaint - oriented" forum post

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Unlocked Realtek HD Audio Drivers Windows 7 & 8 (With Dolby Digital Live and DTS Interactive)

DTS supported natively by Windows 8/8.1 and it should work on windows 10 too just DDL require to unlock your driver .