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
    2022-10-28T01:22:12+00:00

    Same issue thanks Windows 11 for breaking my taskbar and sleep mode / screensaver constantly. Please figure out what's causing this issue it's a PITA.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-28T09:54:33+00:00

    I re-installed windows 11, which is a pain. Screen saver and power options still don't work

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-31T03:20:31+00:00

    Dang that is rough. I had a wired xbox 360 controller and a usb microphone* wire that was not plugged in to the mic. I decided to remove both of those USB and wondrously sleep mode works. I also went to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power And added the DWORD 32 bit value AwayModeEnabled 0

    Hopefully this gives someone some clues as to fixing it as not having a screensaver / sleep is a huge PITA and one of the many annoyances i've had with windows 11. This all happened after a windows update and previously i had all of these things plugged in with no issue, for years.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-11-15T19:16:45+00:00

    I have the same problem with the screen savers… they only start if I do it manually every time . I’m using on Oled TV as monitor, so the screen saver would be useful

    to not get burn ins

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-11-21T02:55:33+00:00

    mine works without none of my external drives connected when I connect them it quits working agin what should I do?

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