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    My laptop was going to lockscreen after 15 minutes. I adjusted power settings and went to advanced screen, adjusted that and ......no change.  Now somebody somewhere said that my system settings were overriding my power settings and that helped. I did this and things were fixed. But now, it's gone back to 15 minute thing, which is a pain when I'm watching, say, a movie. And, I don't remember what I did before to fix it, and I can't find the information anywhere!  Help!!!
    Tuesday, July 22, 2014 6:45 PM

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    Hi,

    Seems we all missed an important option:

    Please click "Settings" in the right charm bar, then "Change PC Settings"\"PC and device"\"Lock Screen",

    Turn off "When my PC is inactive, show the lock screen instead of turning off the screen"

    You can change the inactive time with security policy:

     

    Click Control Panel> Administrative Tools> Local Security Policy> Local Policies> Security Options> Interactive Logon: Machine Inactivity Limit>set the time you want.

    After you change the policy setting, run gpupdate /force

    Yolanda Zhu
    TechNet Community Support

    • Marked as answer by EMMmmmmmm Wednesday, July 30, 2014 3:03 PM
    Friday, July 25, 2014 8:00 AM

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    Hi,

    Have you set a screen saver time out? You can right click the desktop, then Personalize\Screen Saver, check if you have set a timeout for screensaver, this can also be controlled in group policy

    User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalization, Screen saver timeout

    Yolanda Zhu
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    Wednesday, July 23, 2014 6:08 AM
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    Thank you for your help. However, I had set screensaver at zero, so no screensaver. I have set sleep at "Never".  Laptop still goes to lock screen after 15 minutes. 
    Wednesday, July 23, 2014 9:29 PM
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    Please check your time for Hard Disk "turn off".

    You can find that in Control Panel -> Power Options -> Change plan settings -> Change advanced power settings then in the view tree search for Hard Disk.

    Best regards.


    Wednesday, July 23, 2014 9:55 PM
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    Okay, have tried this.....now to wait and see! Thank you! :)
    Thursday, July 24, 2014 1:01 AM
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    Nope.....went black and when I clicked on it, it was at lock screen....sigh!
    Thursday, July 24, 2014 1:19 AM
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    After 15 minutes, I should add...

    Thursday, July 24, 2014 1:50 AM
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    Is it possible the cause is similar to the answer in this post?

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-security/screen-lock-comes-on-after-5-minutes-even-if/37341427-964b-40a8-a8a6-687b1f494a03

    Thursday, July 24, 2014 2:01 PM
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    did everything mentioned in post link, but it is still going to lock screen after 15 minutes. I have everything set to never.....

    When I first got laptop, I had this problem. I tried everything, then someone suggested something, and it worked! For several months, I had no problem. Then I did a cleanup of browsing history, etc. on Chrome. Since then, this darn machine goes to lock screen after 15 minutes. Grrr!

    Thank you for all of your suggestions!  Do you have any more?? 

    Thursday, July 24, 2014 7:11 PM
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    Hi,

    Seems we all missed an important option:

    Please click "Settings" in the right charm bar, then "Change PC Settings"\"PC and device"\"Lock Screen",

    Turn off "When my PC is inactive, show the lock screen instead of turning off the screen"

    You can change the inactive time with security policy:

     

    Click Control Panel> Administrative Tools> Local Security Policy> Local Policies> Security Options> Interactive Logon: Machine Inactivity Limit>set the time you want.

    After you change the policy setting, run gpupdate /force

    Yolanda Zhu
    TechNet Community Support

    • Marked as answer by EMMmmmmmm Wednesday, July 30, 2014 3:03 PM
    Friday, July 25, 2014 8:00 AM
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    Hi Yolanda,

    Thank you for your contribution. I am a computer illiterate. Where (how) do I go to "Click 'settings' in the right charm bar"?

    What is the "right charm bar"?

    I have a Windows Vista computer and wants to prevent the computer from reverting to the 'lock' screen after a short time.

    Thank you.

    Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:50 PM
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    I've worked with IT for over 20 years and have never heard of the right charm bar either ????

    Hope you managed to find something that worked. I have a similar problem.

    Think it has something to do with windows 8 and touch screens.  Im still on 7.


    • Edited by SillySod2 Sunday, January 31, 2016 4:19 PM
    Sunday, January 31, 2016 4:18 PM
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    Your settings are being set by a security policy helpfully provided by your employer. There is an app called Screen Saver Killer on the iOS app store you can use to keep your screen alive. The best part is there is no physical connection so it is undetectable.
    Friday, July 22, 2016 10:03 PM
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    Ran into this issue as well. None of the suggestions in this thread worked for me.
    Found a working solution here: http://blog.jocha.se/tech/disable-windows-10-automatic-locking-screen
    • Proposed as answer by jwakefield1 Thursday, February 23, 2017 4:01 PM
    Thursday, January 26, 2017 6:22 PM
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    This solution did not work for me.  I have Windows 8.1.
    • Proposed as answer by BenGoodLuck Thursday, July 19, 2018 2:33 PM
    • Unproposed as answer by BenGoodLuck Thursday, July 19, 2018 2:33 PM
    Friday, October 27, 2017 7:23 PM
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    I resolved this issue by disabling the Windows screen saver (Windows Settings, Personalization, Lock Screen, Screen Saver Settings: set Screen Saver to "(None)", and uncheck the box "On resume, display logon screen".

    Thursday, July 19, 2018 2:36 PM