Windows 11 Screensaver / Display Sleep functions not working

Anonymous
2021-12-31T21:32:41+00:00

A few weeks ago, I can't remember exactly when it occurred (May have been after installing W11) my screensaver and display sleep functions just completely stopped working. I have tried every trick in the book. I have updated my BIOS and chipset drivers. Powercfg -requests shows an audio stream running from realtek, I tried overriding it but didn't solve anything. I confirmed every power option setting is correctly enabled. Basically I've spent extensive time googling and troubleshooting this to no avail.

The one thing that did fix it was running the DISM restore commands in CMD Prompt, however, it only works temporarily for the initial reboot after running that command, and then it stops working again if I reboot a 2nd time.

What can I do to fix this problem?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Display and graphics

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-10-16T02:19:46+00:00

    I unplugged my joystick and my computer locks and screens turn off normally now. Logitech Extreme 3D Pro.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-05T01:24:31+00:00

    I had the same experience as DavidHasko. I'm running Windows 11 Pro 22H2 pre-installed on a mini-PC.

    I had no problems with the screen and computer not turning off and going to sleep when I used a Logitech keyboard and mouse with a Unifying receiver.

    I decided to swap the Logitech keyboard/mouse with an older Microsoft wireless multimedia keyboard/mouse that uses a USB wireless optical desktop receiver 2.1. The MS keyboard/mouse/USB receiver worked fine on a Windows 10 computer. However, when used with my Windows 11 PC, the computer stopped going into screensaver mode and sleeping.

    I was about to buy another Logitech keyboard/mouse when I looked under Settings > Windows Update > Driver Updates and saw a few optional updates (This is with the MS keyboard/mouse/receiver plugged in). I updated all of them and saw afterward it installed a couple of Microsoft HIDClass device drivers and a Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Detection Driver (USB). After the update, the screensaver and sleep mode started working with the MS keyboard/mouse/receiver as they did with the Logitech keyboard/mouse.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-08-31T08:56:59+00:00

    I finally fixed my issue and now both the screensaver and sleep functions are working again. I was scouring the web and the solution that worked for me was to:

    1. Press Win + R to open the Run dialog.
    2. Type cmd in the box and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to launch Command Prompt with admin rights.
    3. Input the following command and press Enter. powercfg -lastwake.

    Then I looked at the list of devices and went into DEVICE MANAGER (type Device Manager into the command prompt) and went to each item on the -lastwake list. I then right clicked on each thing, clicked PROPERTIES then clicked on the right tab POWER MANAGEMENT and unticked ALLOW THIS DEVICE TO WAKE THE COMPUTER. I had about 15 things on the list. I did the above for everything but the keyboard. So to wake the computer I just whack the space bar.

    I'm not sure which item was causing the problem as I turned them all off at the same time but it had got to a point where I'd activate SLEEP and the PC would wake itself up again in seconds.

    I did the above in June and now at the very end of August I'm still all good so for me this was a permanent fix.

    I hope it helps someone else.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-30T20:57:09+00:00

    agree, my screen saver has stopped working , even when i set it to 1 minute, it never comes on. This appears to have happened after the recent updates that were done to windows

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-04-20T12:49:53+00:00

    My power options and screensaver still do not work. I have nothing extra attached to my laptop. It worked fine until I downloaded Windows 11.

    Microsoft has ignored this problem for months

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