Windows 10: Windows 11 Pro: My Screensaver stops every 15 minutes.

It's a PC, not a laptop. It also does it if I set the monitor to turn off every 15 minutes as well. I can't figure out what's causing the machine to "wake"; are there any commands I can run, or log output somewhere, what would tell me what app/device is causing it to wake? It's pretty convoluted navigating the UI so I'm not even sure if there's a setting I'm missing somewhere besides Screensaver, and Power configurations. I've tried powercfg /lastwake, it shows nothing. I can't find anything else on this. It doesn't matter what screen saver. My Ideal config is 5 minutes for Screen saver, 20 f

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screensaver versus no screensaver

screensavers are a leftover from back when

A: screens burned images in

B: the technology to have the screen power off didnt exist

C: screens took ages to power on


it is a complete waste of energy (on the monitor, CPU and video card if its 3D) to use a screensaver in this day and age - just set the screen to turn off after 5-15 minutes. (and NO, that wont feck with games or movies - fullscreen apps tend to stop screens powering down)

ding. especially if its a 3D screensaver, its just ridiculous.

 

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I would suggest you to try the following steps and check if that helps.

• Go to the folder C:\Windows\System32 and sort by file type.
• Look for the screensaver file type (.scr).
• Find the file scrnsave.scr(you can choose any of the screensavers).
• Right click and select send to>desktop (create shortcut). The shortcut on my attachment, but when i click on it my screen goes off and on and nothing else.

 

screensaver versus no screensaver

On Windows XP, the screensaver was running even when the montior was off which is a waste. Ever since I discovered that, I simply turn screensavers off and have the monitor power down in 5 minutes or less.