My laptop times out too quickly and goes into screen saver mode.

If you just wish to change the wait time for the screen saver to come in then you could follow the below steps and the results are 100%

> Start/Search and typegpedit.msc

**>**Right click the gpeditresults and Run As Administrator (optional)

> Go toUser Configuration/Administrative Templates/Control Panel/Personalization/Enable Screen Saverand enable the Policy

> Once you have enabled that policy, go down and also enable Screen Saver Timeout

> In the Screen Saver Timeout policy there's an option to set the number of second for the timeout with the default being 900 seconds or 15 minutes.

Once you've enabled both policies and set the timeout if different from the default, exit the group policy editor. If you now go the screen saver settings in Control Panel you will notice that the wait period will match the minutes you entered in the group policy editor but it will be grayed out preventing you from changing the value unless you go back into the group policy editor and change it there.

doesn't work on my laptop but thanks for help

Hi

1.       Was it working fine earlier, if yes then do remember making changes to your computer recently?

Follow these steps to change the settings for screensaver timeout:

a.       Right-click on your desktop and select "Personalize" from the menu that appears.

b.      Click on "Screen Saver" in the Personalization menu.

c.       Use the up and down arrow keys beside the "Wait" box to select the number of minutes you want the computer to wait before it activates the screensaver. You can also type the number of minutes directly into the box.

d.      Click "OK" to finalize your settings.

I have tied this at least a dozen times with no success.  I set it for 30 minutes and if I do not touch my keys the screen still goes dark in about a minute or a minute 15 seconds.  Very frustrating.

I've done this and the computer still only waits 3 or 4 minutes to turn off/go into sleep mode. It's frustrating...