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
    2021-01-20T23:48:11+00:00

    I am confused with what you are saying ...this is the only search bar I have on my desktop.

    Nothing about Dell comes up other than sending me to the internet Dell websites.

    I dont know where else to look for the search bar???

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-21T13:38:47+00:00

    Good morning, 

    Sorry the image is sideways but yes that is the search bar, not sure why when you search you do not get the option. I am thinking I would call Dell if you have support. All I did was search Dell Optimizer in the search shown below and it came up.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-01-21T22:43:21+00:00

    I dont have a Dell PC ... must have crossed wires somewhere.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-01-25T10:12:58+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.

    Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you - I've been through that advanced power settings a ton of times, thinking I was going crazy.  You save my laptop from being launched out the window tonight....

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