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
    2019-08-20T12:08:21+00:00

    product id 00329-00000-00003-AA110

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-08-20T11:36:36+00:00

    Hi upgrade2mac,

    Hoping you can help.  I'm following your instructions to resolve this really annoying issue!  At step 7, registry finds the two options for plugged in or on battery, and there are a list of options I can select from - but none of them are "attributes".  I've checked through and none have an existing value of 1.  I've put a screenshot of options below.  Any idea which one? 

    Thank you!

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-08-15T20:50:13+00:00

    I went thru the steps but there is no   APPLY or ACCEPT (OKAY)   using windows 10

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-07-19T19:32:04+00:00

    At first I was apprehensive about going into regedit and making changes to my registry.....but in seeing that we were simply changing a value, not adding any code or commands I decided to give it a try.   IT WORKED !!!   HURRAY !    No other solutions from others had worked, and this absolutely worked!   Thanks so much!

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