Windows 8.1 tablet, turn off screen while keeping tablet on?

Anonymous
2014-02-17T04:44:09+00:00

just got a new windows 8.1 tablet ( omni 10 if you need to know for some reason ) and i keep finding myself wanting to turn off my screen while keeping the tablet from turning off or sleeping. i usually us my tablet to download OS updates for my android phone, or other large files, but whenever i push the power button the tablet goes into "sleep" mode and stops downloading everything. the only solution i can find is to keep the screen on, but id rather not do that to keep it from killing the battery faster that it needs to. also cant find anything in the power options about screen power off timer... only sleep timer :/

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-10-14T14:31:07+00:00

    I just paid a BIG chunk of money for a Surface Pro 3 and can't even listen to music with no screen light in the room.  What is the point of having separate settings for sleep and display if they are tied together?  I don't think the majority of users want there screen on when they are:

    • Listening to stored music
    • Streaming radio
    • Downloading large files in off hours that are not metered
    • Doing backups
    • Many other tasks within applications

    But we should have the option and Microsoft needs to stop making these decisions for users.

    Is the on the list to fix?  Just a yes/no and I'll make my decisions based on that.

    i have exactly same problem!

    any solution?

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-09-03T19:31:12+00:00

    Thanks for help. Now I can listen music while my T100's screen is off. Also can control the volume etc. Everythings seems fine.

    But still, display shut down and sleep settings must be seperated. It is just annoying thing.  Because it is a mobile device

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-08-29T06:11:17+00:00

                 want to be able to turn my screen off while listening to music while im walking to work.

    Does it have any sense of multiple monitors then?  Win-P.  If so, you could use  Second screen only  and your Tablet's screen would be black.   I can use my Surface RT as an example...  I don't even have its HDMI adapter plugged in it and it is still looking as if I could use that setting.  I don't really want to do this to find out if it works though.  So, if you see the same thing, even if you need to plug in your adapter to get it, and it works for you, please post back.   Just don't forget how to undo it:  Win-P CursorDown Enter.   ; )

    Good luck

    Robert Aldwinckle

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-08-29T02:35:51+00:00

    yea i want to be able to turn my screen off while listening to music while im walking to work. it just simply doesnt do it.  all it does is go into sleep mode.  im sure microsoft can find a solution to this problem.  something they should have thought about while designing windows 8.1 for tablets...?

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-07-31T16:23:09+00:00

    I have the same problem. It just frustrated me no end. I want to listen to streaming music in a browser over lte while in the park. I get the station up and running and then   SLEEP!! No matter what setting I choose the damn thing sleeps. As stated by others the only option is to keep everything on, including the nice power hungry screen. In fact even just turning down the brightness leaves you in a hole, as then you cant find the controls to interact with the gui again. 

    Not a very well thought out scheme it seems. Either that or bad interface, points of confusion and function duplication in control panel versus tablet computer settings. Hmmmm very frustrating over all.

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