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
    2018-11-06T01:49:44+00:00

    Exactly the same. Mine set to 45 minutes. Frustrating!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-11-06T02:24:01+00:00

    OK. Here's what you do, kids: Right click in any BLANK area of your Desktop.

    Select Personalize.

    Now click Lock Screen.

    Under Lock Screen scroll down until you see Screen Time Out Settings.

    Click it and select the setting you wish. I use Never.

    So much for Power and Sleep. Now, to your right you will see the words "Related Settings"

    Click Additional Power Settings under that.

    Now you will see some options.

    I use High Performance so let's open that to give you an idea. I click Change Plan Settings:

    Once again we make sure it says Never. Change Advanced Power Settings is next.

    Turn off Hard Disk after...well you can't say Never so I picked 30 minutes which has worked OK for me so far.

    Now let's go back to our first screen and select Screen Saver Settings under Lock Screen:

    And set it however you like but REMEMBER TO UNCHECK "On Resume Display Log On Screen".

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-11-24T22:11:19+00:00

    I tried all the purposed solutions and none worked. I use an HTPC running Windows 10 to listen music all day and this issue was going me crazy locking the computer and muting the sound all the time at random periods, but finally I resolve it.

    Press Windows key, type Remote Desktop Settings and turn "Enable Remote Desktop" switch to off, It worked for me.

    Regards,

    Fernando

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