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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?
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It's absurd. This issue has followed me from Windows 10 to Windows 11, even despite new hardware and fresh OS installs. There are threads going back YEARS about this very same problem.
Only thing that works is disabling "HID-compliant game controller" in the Device Manager.
That is NOT a solution.
Unbelievable that Microsoft doesn't seem to care enough to address this problem.
Same problem. This thread is a year old and still very active.
MS doesn't seem to care...
Although my monitors will turn off now after a few minutes the computer won't sleep unless I manually put it in sleep. The settings to automatically enter sleep mode don't work at all. I've spent so long trying to fix this now, following various solutions. And referring back to this thread. Nothing seems to fix it..
I have a post on page 6 where I have tried every suggestion listed over the past 13 months and nothing worked and keep updating that one post. I just found this new article:
https://www.technewstoday.com/windows-screensaver-not-working/
and I did the tasks listed in steps:
And now screensaver/power settings work for the 1st time EVER. Something in 1 of those 3 settings worked.
I had the same issue with the screensaver / display power functions not working. When I did Powercfg /requests it showed c:*Windows**Microsoft*.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319*aspnet_compiler*.exe running. I downloaded bitdefender and ran the antivirus program. It said it found a lot of stuff. In any case, it fixed my issue and now the screensaver / power functions are working. I know it is a little different from your issue, but it is something to try. Hope it helps.
