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
    2024-09-03T10:22:33+00:00

    The problem I have is that the screen turns black instead of showing the screensaver and not that it doesn't sleep at all

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-09T01:55:21+00:00

    I went and fully uninstalled GeForce Experience, ran a system cleaner to make sure all registry entries were cleaned up from the uninstall. Re-installed GeForce Experience, screen savor and sleep now working properly.

    Who knows. YMMV.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-09T04:38:21+00:00

    Interesting... sounds a bit above my pay grade, but I'll check it out.... Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-10-05T13:50:03+00:00

    What are the timeout settings for your screen saver and "turn off display" in power management?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-10-05T14:14:05+00:00

    The normal settings. Have not changed the settings.

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