Windows – The Windows 8 and Windows 10 Lockscreen times out after just 1 minute and the screens go black

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I just installed Windows 8, and I notice that when I lock my computer, after just one minute the display will shut off. I've been through all the power settings, and there's nothing there that's set at just one minute.

I found a few threads about people reporting the similar issues, but there seem to be no fixes yet:

Timeout Lock Screen (goes blank within a minute)

How to change "Lock screen" timeout?

Any thoughts on how this can be altered? It's a spiffy lock screen that contains my next appointment and other notifications, and I'd love it to just stay on for awhile.

Best Answer

You can add the dword registry value Attributes under

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99\8EC4B3A5-6868-48c2-BE75-4F3044BE88A7]

and set it to 2 to add Console Lock Display Timeout to Advanced Power Options under display. Now all you have to do is go to Advanced Power Options and change the setting. I set mine to 0 so it never times out.

Source: This tutorial.

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