{"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’t Turn Off After the Specified Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I noticed that my Windows 10 display wasn’t turning off at the specified time (5 minutes) that I have set. I haven’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’t make any difference. Here’s how I was able to fix the problem.<\/p>\n

After restarting didn’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’t reset my settings, which happens on occasion.<\/p>\n

First, I went to 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

\"Change<\/a><\/p>\n

I clicked the link Change plan settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Change<\/a><\/p>\n

I don’t put my computer to sleep so I verified that Turn off the display<\/strong> setting was configured to 5 minutes, which is what I wanted and Put the computer to sleep<\/strong> setting was set to Never<\/em>. I then clicked the link Change advanced power settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Allow<\/a><\/p>\n

I verified that under Sleep, the Allow wake timers<\/strong> setting was set to Enable<\/strong>. This allows Windows 10 to wake from sleep on timed events. I also looked at some other settings, including the 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’t want to wait full 5 minutes during my testing.<\/p>\n

Next, I typed Troubleshooting<\/strong> in the Windows search box and selected Troubleshoot settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Troubleshoot<\/a><\/p>\n

I scrolled down and selected the Power<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n

\"Troubleshoot<\/a><\/p>\n

When you select the Power option, you will see a link to Run the Troubleshooter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Run<\/a><\/p>\n

When I ran the troubleshooter, it automatically fixed the issue, as shown below.<\/p>\n

\"Power<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n
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