silversmith
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Win 11 power setting to screen turn off after x minutes does not work
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Here's two tutorials that you might find useful...
www.elevenforum.com
www.elevenforum.com
With these, you don't have to bother setting a time for the screen to turn off.
The bottom tutorial will give you the "classic" context menu.
The top tutorial will give you these...
Turn off display, just turns off the display until there's mouse movement or a key is pressed.
Turn off display and lock computer, will turn off the display and the next time someone moves the mouse or hits a key on the keyboard... they will end up at the login screen.
I used to set mine to ten minutes also, but I like this a LOT better.
Especially the "Turn off display and Lock computer".
I use a password to login... so for me... it really does lock the computer.
Here's two tutorials that you might find useful...
Add "Turn off display" Context Menu in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to add a Turn off display desktop context menu that will let users Turn off display or Lock computer and Turn off display on demand in Windows 10 and Windows 11. By default, You can specify a screen timeout for how long the PC sits inactive without user activity...
www.elevenforum.com
Disable "Show more options" context menu in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable having to click on "Show more options" to see the full context menu for your account or all users in Windows 11. When you right click on an item in Windows 11, you will see a new modern condensed context menu with Show more options...
www.elevenforum.com
With these, you don't have to bother setting a time for the screen to turn off.
The bottom tutorial will give you the "classic" context menu.
The top tutorial will give you these...
Turn off display, just turns off the display until there's mouse movement or a key is pressed.
Turn off display and lock computer, will turn off the display and the next time someone moves the mouse or hits a key on the keyboard... they will end up at the login screen.
I used to set mine to ten minutes also, but I like this a LOT better.
Especially the "Turn off display and Lock computer".
I use a password to login... so for me... it really does lock the computer.
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www.elevenforum.com
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www.elevenforum.com
Macrium Reflect, AOMEI Backupper and Hasleo Backup Suite - GUIDES
How to use backup software... 1. When everything is working perfectly... make a full Windows backup. 2. Then, if something breaks... restore from the latest backup. 3. Then... try "whatever you were doing" a different way. If it still breaks Windows, then... go to step #2. 4. Repeat...
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Windows 11 Tweaks - Leader Board.
These are tweaks I've seen asked for... many times. They are collected here for easy access. All of these and more can be found in the Eleven Forum Tutorials Make sure to read the "notes" in the various tutorials. At the bottom of the first post in all the "tutorials", there are links to...
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DRW-24B1ST CD/DVD Burner
- PSU
- PC Power & Cooling 750W Quad EPS12V
- Case
- Cooler Master ATCS 840 Tower
- Cooling
- CM Hyper 212 EVO (push/pull)
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- Ducky DK9008 Shine II Blue LED
- Mouse
- Logitech Optical M-100
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- Firefox (latest)
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- Bitdefender Total Security
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- TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX (2 x 1GB, DDR2 800)
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- ViewSonic G90FB Black 19" Professional (CRT)
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- up to 2048 x 1536
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- WD 36GB 10,000rpm Raptor SATA
Seagate 80GB 7200rpm SATA
Lite-On LTR-52246S CD/RW
Lite-On LH-18A1P CD/DVD Burner
- PSU
- PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad EPS12V
- Case
- Generic Beige case, 80mm fans
- Cooling
- ZALMAN 9500A 92mm CPU Cooler
- Keyboard
- Logitech Classic Keybooard 200
- Mouse
- Logitech Optical M-BT96a
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Thank you Ghot for these display tweaks. I have indeed added them to my machine. Nevertheless, I'd like my display to turn itself off after 10 minutes of inactivity. It used to do this, but the past couple of weeks I've lost the capability despite doing all the settings I could find for this. Many thanks again. Peter
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