{"id":10925,"date":"2019-06-13T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=10925"},"modified":"2019-06-30T18:18:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T01:18:20","slug":"windows-10-display-wont-turn-off-after-the-specified-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/windows-10-display-wont-turn-off-after-the-specified-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 Display Won&#8217;t Turn Off After the Specified Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I noticed that my Windows 10 display wasn&#8217;t turning off at the specified time (5 minutes) that I have set. I haven&#8217;t had any issues with this feature for years. I restarted the computer to make sure there are no Windows updates that are waiting for a restart to complete the installation, but that didn&#8217;t make any difference. Here&#8217;s how I was able to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p>After restarting didn&#8217;t fix the issue with my display, I decided to verify a few settings. I wanted to make sure that one of the Windows update didn&#8217;t reset my settings, which happens on occasion.<\/p>\n<p>First, I went to <strong>Control Panel\\Hardware and Sound\\Power Options<\/strong>. I verified that the recommended Balanced plan, which balances performance with energy consumption, was selected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Change-plan-settings.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Change-plan-settings.png\" alt=\"Change Power Plan Settings\" width=\"1124\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Change-plan-settings.png 1124w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Change-plan-settings-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Change-plan-settings-768x258.png 768w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Change-plan-settings-1024x343.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1124px) 100vw, 1124px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I clicked the link <strong>Change plan settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Change-advanced-power-settings.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Change-advanced-power-settings.png\" alt=\"Change Advanced Power Settings\" width=\"1124\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Change-advanced-power-settings.png 1124w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Change-advanced-power-settings-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Change-advanced-power-settings-768x264.png 768w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Change-advanced-power-settings-1024x352.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1124px) 100vw, 1124px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t put my computer to sleep so I verified that <strong>Turn off the display<\/strong> setting was configured to 5 minutes, which is what I wanted and <strong>Put the computer to sleep<\/strong> setting was set to <em>Never<\/em>. I then clicked the link <strong>Change advanced power settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Allow-wake-timers.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Allow-wake-timers.png\" alt=\"Allow Wake Timers\" width=\"408\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Allow-wake-timers.png 408w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Allow-wake-timers-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I verified that under Sleep, the<strong> Allow wake timers<\/strong> setting was set to <strong>Enable<\/strong>. This allows Windows 10 to wake from sleep on timed events. I also looked at some other settings, including the <strong>Turn off display after<\/strong> setting in the Display section, which was configured for 5 minutes, as I expected. So far I have only verified that things are configured properly and my display was still not turning off at the specified time. Okay, I did make one change. I changed the time from 5 minutes to 1 because I didn&#8217;t want to wait full 5 minutes during my testing.<\/p>\n<p>Next, I typed <strong>Troubleshooting<\/strong> in the Windows search box and selected <strong>Troubleshoot settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Troubleshoot-settings.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Troubleshoot-settings.png\" alt=\"Troubleshoot settings\" width=\"342\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Troubleshoot-settings.png 342w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Troubleshoot-settings-300x289.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I scrolled down and selected the <strong>Power<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Troubleshoot-power.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Troubleshoot-power.png\" alt=\"Troubleshoot power\" width=\"802\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Troubleshoot-power.png 802w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Troubleshoot-power-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Troubleshoot-power-768x779.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you select the Power option, you will see a link to <strong>Run the Troubleshooter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Run-the-troubleshooter.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Run-the-troubleshooter.png\" alt=\"Run the troubleshooter\" width=\"460\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Run-the-troubleshooter.png 460w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Run-the-troubleshooter-300x93.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I ran the troubleshooter, it automatically fixed the issue, as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Power-issues-fixed.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Power-issues-fixed.png\" alt=\"Power issues fixed\" width=\"573\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Power-issues-fixed.png 573w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Power-issues-fixed-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My display started to turn off at the specified time, which is great. However, it also messed up my sleep setting and changed it to 30 minutes. I went back to the Control Panel and reset the sleep time from 30 minutes to zero, which sets it to Never.\u00a0 Now everything is working fine. I believe it was one of the Windows updates that caused this issue because the problem only surfaced after I restarted my computer following a Windows update. Anyway, thanks to Microsoft troubleshooter, I was back in business. I must say, after years of trying Windows Troubleshooter, I was not impressed with this tool. However, as of late I have discovered that the tool has started to become pretty useful. So kudos to Microsoft!<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e3e3; text-align: left;\">Thanks for reading my article. If you are interested in IT training &amp; consulting services, please reach out to me. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ZubairAlexander.com<\/a> for information on my professional background.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small; font-family: Verdana;\">Copyright \u00a9 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlepro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SeattlePro Enterprises, LLC<\/a>. All rights reserved.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I noticed that my Windows 10 display wasn&#8217;t turning off at the specified time (5 minutes) that I have set. I haven&#8217;t had any issues with this feature for years. 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