Power and Sleep Settings - this might seem dumb

[exoterra]

My work laptop won't stop going to sleep on its own. It's Windows 10. I've been in the Power and Sleep Settings and all options are set to "Never" including the advanced and hidden options - whether it's on battery or plugged in.

Yet, the thing still goes to sleep. I did a little google-magic and even went into the registry and edited the value for the screen saver checkbox depicted below.

The number in the box - 15 minutes. Anytime I change that number to a value outside 1 - 15 it automatically resets to either 1 or 15. This is literally blowing my mind, and all I'm trying to do is stop my computer from going dark.

Please help. Thank you.

 

[t53186]

Work laptop? you might not have the needed permissions to alter that setting, it can be controled by group policy. Ask the work IT guys

 

[exoterra]

Work laptop? you might not have the needed permissions to alter that setting, it can be controled by group policy. Ask the work IT guys

This just gave me an idea to edit a different registry setting. Pretty sure the problem's resolved - will update.

 

[offroadguy56]

My work computer is the same way. Planning on writing a script that will press a virtual key for me to keep my computer awake. This might be an another option for you if your new solution fails.