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2015/08/06 15:00:02
Barczar
I had Windows 7 and had all my sleep modes and hibernation disabled. After upgrading to Windows 10, if I have a project open, the screen goes black after a few minutes. I click the mouse and it comes back. I believe I have all of the sleep modes\hibernation disabled. Can't find the cause. I even went through advanced settings. Any help would be great.
 
Thanks,
  BC
2015/08/06 15:25:23
slartabartfast
Windows is probably not going into sleep mode, it is probably just powering the video monitor off. That will happen on a schedule even if the system itself is still fully active, unless it is receiving user input. There is a setting for turn off display after..., that is what you need to set. There used to be a "never" option, but the max may be 3 hours in W10.
 
http://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/choose-when-to-turn-off-display-on-windows-10.html
 
2015/08/06 16:00:38
Barczar
There is a option for "never" for the display on mine. It's "never" in two different places. It makes sense now when you say it's the monitor and not the computer.
2015/08/06 16:04:12
gswitz
Sleep and screen are two different settings.
2015/08/07 13:36:12
Barczar
gswitz
Sleep and screen are two different settings.



I understand that. Do you have a solution for me?
2015/08/07 14:51:57
slartabartfast
So you have turn off display set to never appropriately? If so then another possibility is that Windows is switching to a screen saver, and the thing it is trying to use as a screen saver is either a black screen or a screensaver app that is no longer available on the system. To test it set up an available screensaver. If the screensaver appears instead of a black screen you have the answer.
 
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/customize-screensaver-settings-windows-10
 
btw: Check you computer's documentation. On most machines the power light will blink on at intervals if it is in sleep mode. Waking from hibernation is pretty obvious--not just an instant on after a mouse movement.
2015/08/07 19:47:49
Barczar
I have screen saver set to none. In advanced power settings I have sleep or hibernation set to never. I can't find a reason or a setting to stop the display from going off.
2015/08/08 15:08:53
slartabartfast
OK so what happens if you have the screensaver set to some visible screensaver, and the time to screensaver set to a large number? 
 
Have you definitely determined that you are not going into sleep mode? Have you determined that this is timer operated ie exactly the same elapsed time with each episode?
 
There are also settings in the BIOS, motherboard drivers, motherboard makers supplied utility applications, graphics adapter drivers and display drivers that can be applying power saving features. So what motherboard, what display etc. etc.? An installation of Windows 10 might well have replaced or hosed some of those, or it might be set to interact differently with your BIOS features or graphics adapter than your previous OS. 
2015/08/08 15:32:50
ampfixer
My system is set up to NOT sleep, hibernate, nap or take any other time off and the screen goes blank after a few minutes of idle time. I'm on Win 7 Pro. If it was actually goofing off there would be a time delay between the OS waking up and being ready to go. If you touch the mouse or KB and the screen comes back on and your in business immediately there's no problem, it's not a malfunction.
2015/08/08 17:48:22
slartabartfast
Ampfixer may be right about it not being a malfunction. But it is not expected behavior if the display is set to never turn off. More to the point, you are looking at potentially hours of troubleshooting for a problem that is not really a problem in most cases. The reason the display settings are available to turn off when there is no user input for a period is that in most cases if there is nothing the user is doing there is no point in watching the screen. If you are at your keyboard when the screen blanks, and can instantly view it with a flick of the mouse, you can just do that. If you are not at the keyboard when the screen blanks, then you are not being annoyed by it. There certainly could be circumstances where you would crash your heavily armed drone into an elementary school if you were unable to see the screen for a second, but you have to ask yourself if that is what you are dealing with.
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