(Solved) Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode

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(Solved) Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode

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.
 
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    slartabartfast
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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/06 15:25:23 (permalink)
    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
     
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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/06 16:00:38 (permalink)
    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.

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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/06 16:04:12 (permalink)
    Sleep and screen are two different settings.

    StudioCat > I use Windows 10 and Sonar Platinum. I have a touch screen.
    I make some videos. This one shows how to do a physical loopback on the RME UCX to get many more equalizer nodes.
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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/07 13:36:12 (permalink)
    gswitz
    Sleep and screen are two different settings.



    I understand that. Do you have a solution for me?

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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/07 14:51:57 (permalink)
    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.
    post edited by slartabartfast - 2015/08/07 15:52:47
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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/07 19:47:49 (permalink)
    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.

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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/08 15:08:53 (permalink)
    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. 
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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/08 15:32:50 (permalink)
    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.
    post edited by ampfixer - 2015/08/08 15:40:33

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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/08 17:48:22 (permalink)
    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.
    post edited by slartabartfast - 2015/08/08 17:56:18
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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/09 15:04:38 (permalink)
    My display will not turn off when using the machine, only if it sits idle for a few minutes.

    Regards, John 
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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/09 16:12:32 (permalink)
    That sounds like it is a feature of the monitor rather than the OS. As mentioned above, my secondary monitor shifts itself to standby immediately on loss of input. The monitor may also have a "static input" standby in it (ECO settings?)

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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/09 22:47:54 (permalink)
    Here's what happens in my case. My desktop stays active with no screen saver and the display stays active. I bring up a project with Sonar Platinum and if I walk away and come back, the display is off. I press play on the keyboard and it's back. This didn't happen in Windows 7.

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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/10 00:54:37 (permalink)
    You must have different default settings than you had before. Mine is set to behave exactly as your machine. I'm still learning Win 10 so I'm not sure where that setting is. It seems that many of my Win 7 settings transferred over, but not all.

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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/10 10:59:23 (permalink)
    Have you tried high power profile? Windows has profiles for power usage to try to not waste electricity. Crank up your electric usage to see if it is a setting in there that is causing your blues.

    Also disable selective suspend for USB.

    I'll try to replicate at home tonight and give better feedback.
    post edited by gswitz - 2015/08/10 11:08:09

    StudioCat > I use Windows 10 and Sonar Platinum. I have a touch screen.
    I make some videos. This one shows how to do a physical loopback on the RME UCX to get many more equalizer nodes.
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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/10 16:04:53 (permalink)
    First screen for editing a power plan has as the first item: "turn off the display."
     
    It is also listed as Display in the advanced power settings.
     
    Setting to '0' is the same as 'never.'
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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/11 13:49:07 (permalink)
    Ok, I think I found what's going with Windows 10.
       I had all the settings for sleep, hibernation set correctly.  The problem was Windows 10 was not excepting the default settings. For instance, when I was setting up Cortana for speech I couldn't get it to work even though the slider for speech was on. I turned it off then on again and saved. It started working. So I did the same thing with all of the sleep, hibernation, display settings. Now it working like it should.
     
       I'm not sure if this is a bug in Windows 10 or an upgrade error from Windows 7.
     
    Thanks for all the replies.
     
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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/11 17:54:40 (permalink)
    So sounds like toggling the settings fixed it... yes?

    StudioCat > I use Windows 10 and Sonar Platinum. I have a touch screen.
    I make some videos. This one shows how to do a physical loopback on the RME UCX to get many more equalizer nodes.
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    Re: Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/08/11 20:45:43 (permalink)
    Fingers crossed.

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    Re: (Solved) Windows 10 Can't stop Windows from going to sleep mode 2015/09/23 23:00:51 (permalink)
    Hello, guys. Thanks for your such nice post. Actually to say, I didn't meet the trouble that you described on your post. To Windows 10, there are some errors on it before. Such as Windows 10 blue/black to death, Windows 10 crashing, freezing and how to sue a Windows password key to recover Windows 10 password. But I don't know the trouble about Windows sleep mode. Sorry to say that I can't help you.
    post edited by korence - 2015/09/23 23:11:10
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