Windows 10 PC goes to lock screen after 2 minutes

Anonymous
2018-01-08T18:24:24+00:00

Screen saver set at 15 minutes, yet after 2 minutes of inactivity display goes blank requiring "enter" to get lock screen . I must always move my mouse to stay "active." Can't seem to find a solution online that works. 

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*Original title: Windows 10: PC goes to lock screen after 2 minutes*

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Anonymous
2018-11-14T19:39:45+00:00

The setting to fix this is "System unattended sleep timeout" in advanced power settings. (Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options\Edit Plan Settings > change advanced power settings).

However this setting is hidden because Microsoft wants waste our time and make our lives miserable. 

To un-hide it, you need to change a registry attribute value data from 1 to 2 at the following registry path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Power > PowerSettings > 238C9FA8-0AAD-41ED-83F4-97BE242C8F20 > 7bc4a2f9-d8fc-4469-b07b-33eb785aaca0

Full instructions:

  1. windows key + R
  2. type regedit and hit enter
  3. click Yes if asked
  4. on registry editor - ctrl+F
  5. search for 7bc4a2f9-d8fc-4469-b07b-33eb785aaca0
  6. wait, can take a while to find
  7. when found, double click attributes on the right pane
  8. change value data to 2
  9. hit ok, close registry editor.
  10. Right click the start button > power options > Additional power settings > Change Plan Settings > change advanced power settings
  11. expand Sleep
  12. expand System unattended sleep timeout
  13. change both values to zero for never or set your preferred value.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-01-11T03:40:45+00:00

    Which "Attributes"? All I get is the default highlighted and under Data (value not set) If I right click and try and type the number 2 it types a 20?

    I am totally lost...lol

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-11T13:08:31+00:00

    Go to Dell Optimizer and disable proximity sensor. I also had to change the power options to when plugged in never sleep and I set when on battery 3 hours. 

    When it initially happened I tried changing the registry and just about every other suggestion. I have 10 laptops to set up so when I started on the next I disabled the proximity sensor and the power options and that resolved the issue. Hope you get the same results as I, never promised in the computer world lol

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-01-18T08:53:02+00:00
    1. Doesn't work on my PC.. 
    2. What attributes???? one or all you haven't explained...

       Default I changed to 2 but no luck if this was the one to change.

    1. Windows 10 definitely has a bug that they can't fix.
    2. Can't insert image of change to 2 in default.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-01-18T08:53:43+00:00

    Didn't work on my PC

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