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Hi how do I get my screen to stay on?

Anonymous
2024-01-31T18:07:53+00:00

I am a teacher and the screen keeps turning off after 1 minute. I have changed the settings to 30 minutes as my class need to keep looking at the screen for longer than 1 minute, It doesn't seem to make any difference which timings I put in as it still turns off after 1 minute. Is there an apply settings button somewhere that I am missing? regards, Christine

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Sleep and Power on, off

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-31T21:52:09+00:00

    Hi, good day! I'm Jerico T., I understand that you're having some issues right now, I'll do my best to help you with your concern.

    May I ask what is your device? Is it a laptop or a desktop? In the meantime, please try to perform the steps below.

    1. Press Windows key and search for Control Panel.
    2. Click System and security.
    3. Click Power Options.
    4. On the left pane, select choose When to turn of the display.
    5. Kindly make sure that you have set your desired time before the display turns off and click on Save changes button.

    If the steps above did not work, please perform the steps below.

    1. Press Windows key + I to open settings.
    2. Click on System and choose Power & battery.
    3. Check Power mode and click the drop-down menu then select Best performance.
    4. Check if it fixes the issue.

    Feel free to reach back if you need any further assistance.

    Hope this help. Have a good day.

    Thank you,

    Jerico T.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-31T18:49:30+00:00

    Hello. There is a battery power setting and a plugged in setting, Lets try the power settings again and enable one of the "developers" tricks.

    Win+R

    cmd.exe

    cd \ C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop

    md GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

    explorer.exe C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop

    exit

    Go to new folder on your desktop and find the power option check the battery settings and power options again just incase it was set to time out 1min on battery mode ect.

    Another method is to run a timer on cmd.exe that should prevent screen time outs too.

    timeout is in seconds.

    Win+R

    cmd.exe timeout /T 60

    OR

    (Ignore Key press) cmd.exe timeout /T 60 /NOBREAK.

    This is one solution there are powershell solutions that can be applied but will wait to hear back to see if this has worked for you.

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