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

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments No comments

183 answers

Sort by: Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-22T17:29:30+00:00

    screen saver stopped working again. usually i can stop the NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem and nvcontainerlocalsystem and the screen saver will work. since the last update i am not able to get the screen saver to work.

    what can i do to fix the prolem?

    thanks

    dave

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments No comments
  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-23T15:31:46+00:00

    I have been unable to correct this for months

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments No comments
  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-04T08:45:19+00:00

    This was my problem: NVIDIA GeForce Experience. Toggle Off IN-GAME-OVERLAY. Now it works apparently.

    Was this answer helpful?

    4 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments No comments
  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-21T09:44:29+00:00

    Try disabling wake timers.

    This worked for me on my home and work PC

    Was this answer helpful?

    3 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments No comments
  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-14T00:42:19+00:00

    This change worked for me, thank you.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments No comments