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
    2023-10-18T10:07:40+00:00

    Spot on! I'm no techie, but I have tried some of the work around solutions. It's definitely not our job to fix there mess!

    Thanks for your input

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-16T12:54:27+00:00

    No. I'm not a tech person in my health is not particularly good so I have no interest in work arounds or trying this and trying that. Either the company fixes this or it won't work for me. Obviously that is the case for the vast majority of users.

    Rather hilarious that this is the company that's going to lead us into the AI future when they obviously have trouble preventing massive spam among users of their email products, crappy spreadsheet and word software that people buy only because it's the unfortunate standard. And they can't even make an operating system where the screensaver works.

    Best of all, they really couldn't give a ****. The revenues and profits that they generate solely because of previous anti-competitive monopoly positions, are all directed towards new initiatives and new revenue streams. Supporting existing products is a waste of money from their perspective.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-16T05:07:00+00:00

    Have you found a fix for the Video Wake Lock problem yet I have the same issue

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-10-14T00:14:24+00:00

    powercfg /requests <<

    C:\Windows\System32>powercfg /requests

    DISPLAY:

    [PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin\cef\cef.win7x64\steamwebhelper.exe

    Video Wake Lock <<<_- the problem

    SYSTEM:

    None.

    AWAYMODE:

    None.

    EXECUTION:

    None.

    PERFBOOST:

    None.

    ACTIVELOCKSCREEN:

    None.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-10-02T16:05:20+00:00

    What is going on Microsoft? I've used every version since 95 and I've never encountered an issue like this. I'm literally afraid to upgrade to the OLED I want because I feel like I'll walk away and forget and burn the image into it forever.

    And for good reason. As I posted earlier in a response my 3K Wacom tablet has permanent burn in damage because of this bug. It literally damaged the screen from excessive burn in because my computer never goes to sleep.

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