Turn off “When my PC is inactive, show the lock screen instead of turning off the screen”. Have you set a screen saver time out? Please check your time for Hard Disk “turn off”. Best regards. 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. Since then, this darn machine goes to lock screen after 15 minutes. Thank you for your contribution. I am a computer illiterate. Where how do I go to “Click ‘settings’ in 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. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Internet Explorer TechCenter. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 8. Use this forum to discuss miscellaneous issues that cannot be covered in any other Windows 8.

Sign in to vote. My laptop was going to lockscreen after 15 minutes. I adjusted power settings and went to advanced screen, adjusted that and 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! Tuesday, July 22, PM. Friday, July 25, AM. Hi, Have you set a screen saver time out?

Wednesday, July 23, AM. 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, PM. Okay, have tried this Thank you! Thursday, July 24, AM. After 15 minutes, I should add Is it possible the cause is similar to the answer in this post?

Thursday, July 24, PM. Thank you for all of your suggestions! Do you have any more?? Hi Yolanda, Thank you for your contribution. What is the “right charm bar”? Thank you. Sunday, April 19, PM. 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. Sunday, January 31, PM. 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, PM. Ran into this issue as well. None of the suggestions in this thread worked for me.

Proposed as answer by jwakefield1 Thursday, February 23, PM. Thursday, January 26, PM. This solution did not work for me. I have Windows 8. Friday, October 27, PM. Thursday, July 19, PM.

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If you are using Windows 10 the setting is in another place so we will show you how you can do this on Windows No problem. It’s читать until the laptop locks again and this is making me crazy.