-vince-
> It is standard practice to disable screen savers and other power saving 
screensaver has nothing to do with power saving features. E.g. I use it as a lock screen. I want applications to be smart enough to understand if I use station or not. 

^^ This, you have to take up with Microsoft.
Or turn off screen saver..
It's up to you.

-vince-
tlw, Yet again I see an attempt to alter the topic. Instead of admitting a problem you prefer to persuade me with "Vince uses Sonar incorrectly because I know a workaround". If pro folks use Sonar on a dedicated machine without wifi interface then I am fine with that. However, I do not understand why some people would not allow me to use Sonar casually.

Not an attempt to "alter the topic" at all. Just pointing out that running a DAW is not like running most software. DAWs require a particular set of environmental conditions to work properly. Your "beliefs" about how things "ought" to be does not coincide with what the operating system says they must be. The end.
 
The Window resolution thing is simple enough. You lock the screen. At which point Windows resets the display to the default size. When you log back in the desktop refreshes to your chosen resolution but at least some windowed applications will not, they will hold the last resolution sent to them by Windows, which is the lock screen one then wait to see if you want to resize them. It's the same thing as using an external display on a laptop with the built-in screen off. Unless the two screens are identical resolution Windows shifts desktop icons around to fit the new display resolution. The answer is to set the Windows default to the screen size you use. Or complain to Microsoft and hope they pay attention.
 
You lock the screen and that means you logout. Which means, as you've already been told, Windows suspends stuff and clears the decks because it does not know who will log in next, or what their preferences are.
 
The easy answer is to stop locking the screen. If  you don't like what happens when you log off and lock the PC, then take that up with Microsoft. Or stop locking the PC.
 
And running VMs (why???) in conjunction with a DAW is not conducive to stability or performance. They deny the DAW resources. You insist you want to be a "casual" user, but for software like DAWs there's no such thing. They have to deliver a basic minimum standard of performance because whether you are a studio tracking 32 mics at the same time or someone in their bedroom with a MIDI controller the basic requirements are the same. No crackling, distortion or dropouts. Synchronised audio and MIDI etc. To get that you have to provide an environment that provides those things. Which you are not doing.

I have to answer those comments above, sorry )
 
 
35mm
> That means that your user account is locked and you are effectively logged out.
 
logged out? wow. A prooflink to MSDN, please.
 
> As Sonar, processes that Sonar requires and hardware drivers that Sonar needs to communicate with are all running as your user account, they get locked too and so communication gets cut off. No one is making excuses for Sonar. It's simply the way Windows works. 
 
Sorry, are you a software engineer? Do you know how Windows works? It's good then that Reaper's devs do not know "how Windows works" because their DAW has no such issues. Note that I pointed that in my previous post... did you read it at all?
 
Ibanez Laney
> OP - Remove whatever it is you are afraid of people seeing from your computer. 
Then you can optimize it correctly for running a DAW and you wont need screen savers/lockscreens.
 
Oh, please ) Why not advising to buy a new PC? A new apt? To cloister myself on an island lol?
 
Zargg
> This, you have to take up with Microsoft.
 
For what reason? MS has been providing all the necessary tools for years if not for decades. As you might have noticed other DAWs have no such issues, i.e. they are smart enough.
 
tlw
> Your "beliefs" about how things "ought" to be does not coincide with what the operating system says they must be.
 
My "beliefs" are the tested facts: this is what I observe with Reaper DAW and Guitar Rig. They are properly programmed and do not lose geometry. Please continue to blame Windows.
 
> You lock the screen and that means you logout.
 
a proof from MSDN or wrong
 
> And running VMs (why???) in conjunction with a DAW is not conducive to stability or performance. 
 
(1) My DAWs, including Sonar, feel themselves perfect when running on my hardware. Why should I change that??
(2) Please let me decide what's running on my PC. I am a casual user and there is no point for me to get a dedicated machine for Sonar. Moreover, I bet that the vast majority of Sonar users use it like me - on a "shared" machine with other apps running.
 
Bottom line
Reaper DAW and Guitar Rig are doing all right after screen unlocking. They have no issues Sonar has. 35mm, tlw - please try to realize that before making statements regarding Windows and Microsoft.

Blocked..

Zargg
Blocked..

 
+1
 
Me too
Not even sure why the OP asked for help if all he wanted to do was argue and debate offered solutions.
I could offer more help but im not going to waste my time.

Wow.  Dude comes on and politely asks a question.  Then the standard downward spiral starts.
 
FWIW, I've never had a problem with resuming SONAR, or any other DAW, after wiggling my mouse to stop a screen saver.  I do NOT have lock enabled.  I do have EVERYTHING set for always on, no power save features enabled.
 
In an LCD/LED world the usefulness of a screensaver is questionable, so my timeout is something like 45 minutes or an hour.
 
While an option to disable SS would be cool, I don't see it rising to the top of a mountain of requests more directly related to function and workflow.

Yeah preventing ss/lock screen is easy to implement so it may come sooner rather than later, be sure to put in a feature request... I'd speculate that the loss of geometry is related to other multi-monitor issues that have been reported since X1...