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

But why is then a "sleep mode" and "turn off screen", if the both do the SAME?

I wonder if not being able to turn the display off while keeping the tablet running would would affect their Energy Star rating.

Has anybody tried a clean install to see if you get any new options.

Has anybody made a backup image of there tablet, my Aspire Switch 10 (SW5-012) using UEFI x86 not the normal UEFI x64 even though it has an 64bit processor, so getting imaging software to boot in UEFI x86 is not easy.

The free version of Macrium Reflect software works great so you can use that, I have never been able to get Acronis TI to boot, as it does not support the UEFI x86, But the New Acronis TI 2016 does, problem is when you boot the recovery dvd it does not detect my Tablets SSD drive or my 32gb microsd so it`s a waste of time.

John.

They don't see it as a problem.  The requirements sent to the programmers, when the producers decided what they wanted to "order", was that it works like an iPhone. When you turn off the screen, it goes to sleep and just listens for incoming connections like email/facebook/messages/skype.  They call it "connected standby" and that's what the programmers delivered (exactly what they were ordered to create).  There won't be a "fix", because it's working to specification, exactly as intended.

You might want a feature-change, but that won't happen either because the product is finished, produced, boxed sold and on store shelves.  It's a done deal.  The 2012 model year edition is done and rolling off the factory line.  They will only pull developers off to work on Windows 8 if it's for a security or bug causing significant failures/data lose to their large business clients.

Now Windows 10 isn't be produced that way. They are continuing to ship update after update, and it will never be a completed/frozen product.  If you want to suggest a change, they even setup a feedback voting system so people can vote on what they want and the features with the most votes get the dedicated programmer time to build them.  So if you upgrade, you can suggest what you want.

I have an Acer SW5-012 running Win8.1 with Bing

I cannot get "screen off" while keeping my tablet running and not have it go straight to sleep, if i run the reg hack i can get the screen to turn off while my tablet keeps running, but i can no longer use sleep mode, and have to use hibernation which is an waste of time, as it takes as long to load as a full boot.

I have been using the reg hack since early January 2015 and spent many hours trying to get sleep and screen off to work independently, at least now this problem is getting some attention, when i started trying to find an resolution in January this problem was not known at all.

Having read the entire thread, Microsoft seems to be ignoring or just does not understand the depth of this problem and how irritating it is.

John.

That's Connected Standby working as it should. Sadly it's a bit flakey however.

I've got major problems with my Dell Venue 11 (5130) Pro. Out of the box once it would go into Connected Standby and is woken, the stock Microsoft Camera app shows a black screen for the rear camera (front camera works though), and sometimes the whole device locks up.

Then Dell broke Connected Standby with the A10 BIOS update and don't seem to care at all about it. Now if it goes into Connected Standby it won't wake up. Windows button buzzes when pressed but nothing else. Only solution is to hard power off holding the power key in for a while and restart it.

So I've had to resort to trying to stop it going into CS. I have the power button now set to shut down. That's okay as start up is quick anyway. Screen off however in tablet role is Connected Standby and I'm screwed then, and there's no way to just turn off the screen.

I'm not sure if the CS wake issues are primarily Dell's fault or a bug in Windows and/or Intel driver that Dell have triggered with the BIOS update. The camera issue with CS I don't know. I can use the rear camera in other apps that use the camera, but not the Microsoft Camera app after it's woken from CS. Reboot and it works again, but only if it doesn't go into CS. Suggests the Camera app is at fault or that Dell needs to work with Microsoft to fix it.

I'm not holding out much hope, but would be nice if Windows 10 addresses these issues. Or at the very least allows you to disable CS on a tablet and have it turn off the display after N minutes and shut down after NN minutes.