I have tried everything I'm capable of doing. I just quietly close my lid and forget about it.
MS should be ashamed
Windows 11 Screensaver / Display Sleep functions not working
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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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Anonymous
2023-03-08T15:31:23+00:00 -
Anonymous
2023-03-02T12:18:25+00:00 I was able to get the screen lock to work finally using a local account . I installed god mode and then used the screensaver which I configured to use my photos.
There are many websites that document God mode., It's just a desktop folder with a reserved name. Been around since at least windows 10.
https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/enable-god-mode-windows-11
Finally, no help from MS
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Anonymous
2023-02-28T18:37:21+00:00 I am at the point that I just close the lid and put the laptop in sleep mode.
I miss my "Pictures" screensaver though.
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Anonymous
2023-02-28T18:24:30+00:00 Same. I have reinstalled multiple times and been unable to get issues resolved.
At this point this bug has caused physical hardware damage to my Cintiq as it has permanent burn-in and screen discoloration over time because of this bug. It's a screen that has high use, and then the fact power savings/screensaver never kicked on...
It's disappointing to see that this has been going on as long as it has.
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Anonymous
2023-02-28T14:21:41+00:00 I had the same problem. I tried every fix out there and nothing worked. I did a fresh install, tried installing every driver update, tried the beta version. Played with disabling all the startup apps. Then it started working finally. Now it works 95% of the time. I think it would be helpful if they made a utility to tell people why it is not working, something like that. It feels very much like a black box as is, very difficult to tell what is going wrong.