[SOLVED] Cannot get screen saver to work

[Andrew_Werber]

This is embarrassing, but I cannot get the screen saver to work properly on my wife's computer. The computer started out with Windows 7 32 bit. Then I did a clean install of Windows 10, using the Windows 7 product key to activate Windows. After setting up the computer, I forgot to change the power settings, and the computer went to sleep. I don't think I ever set up the screen saver until I changed the power settings. When turniong on the screen saver, I set the computer to never sleep. I remeber changing one setting in the power plan to some big number. But I can't seem to find that setting. I reset all the power plans back to default, and then tried setting a screen saver (to use blank screen and turn on after a few minutes). The screen does not go blank. I even tried copying the Balanced plan, setting everything to default, and using that plan. The screen saver still does not work as desired. I tried searching with Google to see if I could find a solution, but no luck yet.

I never had this problem with any other computer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I should also note that this is important because the computer is in our bedroom so we need the screen to go blank.

 

[RyzenNoob]

I'm not sure what you're saying, but if you've made a custom power plan and want to delete it

How to Delete a Custom Power Plan in Windows 10?

The following tutorial will help you to delete a custom power plan in Windows 10. Power Plan is a collection of all hardware and system settings that manage

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[Andrew_Werber]

The screen saver worked after rebooting the computer.