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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
All of the things you have left us with to help fix this never works for me this problem has been happening to people since like 2016 and still now i can't find a thing to fix it it just recently happened to me on July 31st and i haven't been able to game or really do anything for two weeks now. And every tip you have left hasn't worked i know its nothing wrong with my computer because i was playing it just fine and then my computer just updates and then boom now there's some type of bug that prevents me from using my computer and it's really frustrating. Are there any possible methods i could try to fix this that you haven't already given because i have tried all of them and I've been looking for two weeks and it's really frustrating at this point
i have been having the same issue i will be in the middle of a game and it locks and the screen goes black. there seems to be no fix and its frustrating as heck. are we just supposed to wait until a new update comes out where they fix it
Same for me and its been happening for to long we need this to be fixed now
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If you want to report this to Microsoft use the Feedback Hub app in Start Menu where developers are tasked to process consumer feedback. They will not even see it here. This is a tech forums staffed mostly by volunteers trying to help others with your problems.
If you want to post back a Share link from your Feedback here others who see this thread can vote it up and add to it.
I do not work for Microsoft but am a user like yourself trying to help others here. But there's only so much I can do, and as you can see we have tried everything under the sun (and moon) to fix a PC Locking like that.
Has anyone here done the Clean Install following the illustrated steps in this link which include everything that works best in Windows 10: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows\_10-windows\_install/clean-reinstall-windows-10-upgradefactory-oem/1c426bdf-79b1-4d42-be93-17378d93e587 ?
The reason I suggest this is that no one who has adopted the install in the above link has ever come back to report further problems I've seen, including another version failure. This is because everything in Windows 10 is dependent upon the quality of the install, especially Version Updates which will choke on lesser quality installs.
It is also one of life's great learning experiences that will permanently make you the master of your PC because you will learn everything that works best and how to keep it that way.
As long as people are polite and trying to help others here then I will keep the thread open.
