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2 days ago i upgraded my windows 10 to build 1903 , since then ,
randomly and during any activity (gaming , watching a video ..etc) ,
screen with the word "locking" in the middle appears for half a second and my laptop goes into sleep mode
and then i have to turn it on again
this never happened before the update , i tried to reset and fresh start but, nothing worked , and now i can't get back to previous build
what do i do ?
HELP , PLEASE
SOLUTION
Hey guys
So, I solved the issue (for me, at least) a long time ago but forgot to report back. My apologies
Basically,
Settings -> power and sleep -> additional power settings -> change advanced power settings -> battery
Then, change critical battery action and low battery action to do nothing both on battery and plugged in
I don't know if others already solved the problem In a different way, but i Hope that helps
Have a good day
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Hey guys
So, I solved the issue (for me, at least) a long time ago but forgot to report back. My apologies
Basically,
Settings -> power and sleep -> additional power settings -> change advanced power settings -> battery
Then, change critical battery action and low battery action to do nothing both on battery and plugged in
I don't know if others already solved the problem In a different way, but i Hope that helps
Have a good day
But that takes forever and the whole cycle happens for no good reason -- Microsoft, are you listening to all of us?
I think we all know the answer to that one.
What I am saying above is that it takes quite a while to shut down -- and your computer may still be in the shutting-down process while you're pressing the power button to get it going again. When it's fully shut down, the power button should work.
But that takes forever and the whole cycle happens for no good reason -- Microsoft, are you listening to all of us?
I believe it may be hibernating, not sleeping -- and that might explain why it takes so long so turn off: when you first notice that it's off, it's actually still going into hibernation, so you can't turn it on.
Also I notice that the power lights in back (and everywhere) turn completely off. They don't do that in sleep mode, do they?
Great catch!
it is indeed a Windows 10 feature. Im confident of that. As to what events call up the display, it is likely that all are Power events. In my case, the system “detected “ a low power reading (battery in my case but apparently the program also contemplates AC, or possibly mboard power circuits...3.3v, 14v, other). According to my own settings my battery was nearing the 20% mark and should have triggered Battery Saver measures. Instead it went straight to hibernation state, which tale was told in Event log when I started from AC. Event log however had no entry for the frontside of hibernation mode.
It is unfair imho to critique Microsoft too carefully on this issue as the manufacturers of the PCs make many enhancements or deficits to bios settings which can/do affect the behavior of windows 10 power management features which are necessarily dependent on BIOS hooks.
So, this slipped through MS validation unnoticed at some revision level prior to what Im running which is ver 1909 build 18363.535. Mine should have dimmed display etc but instead took a state snapshot and hibernated.
how this occurred on desktop i dunno, but i would be suspicious of the Power Supply
