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
    2021-01-25T22:51:55+00:00

    Hi JamesRP

    I have tried this, but it still didn't work but I don't know if I performed item "7" correctly.

    There are a number of attributes that come up and I don't know which one to select so I went to the "timeoutonbattery" as this one was highlighted and timeoutpluggedin and changed them both to "2". But in "Default" and "value"? Is this correct?

    As I have a desktop pc, the "timeoutonbattery" isn't applicable I feel but I changed it anyway.

    It is so annoying that nothing I have tried works and it never used to do it. Microsoft have changed something in their W10 updates that has affected the settings of my computer.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-26T03:46:41+00:00

    Standby, I'll be sending something I put together in a little while that should help.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-01-26T05:05:58+00:00

    Hopefully this will help.  I have something also for the control panel section if you'd like that too

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-01-27T05:18:41+00:00

    I can get this far, but the ValueMax doesn't expand in my registry as shown in your image.

    The value in "Attributes" was set at "1" so I changed that to "2"

    Hopefully this is all I need to change...

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