Windows 7 Turning display setting off after X minutes

SoCal411

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Hello all: I just installed Windows 7 with SP 1 last week on my HP Pavilion desktop. I'm trying to have the screen go to black (or screensaver) after, let's say, 15 minutes. I set it and "save changes" but it never goes to black or screensaver. The screen just stays on. I've tried several times in Control Panel/Power Options, both with the balanced option and the high performance option. I've tried it with a screensaver and with no screensaver. I've tried various amounts of minutes and I've looked at possible settings under Control Panel/Personalization. Any ideas why "choose when to turn off the display" won't respond? Thanks.
 
Hi,
have you checked the advanced settings too?
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Check the Task manager and just make sure nothing is running in the background program wise. Also sometimes a wireless mouse with low batteries can cause this issue too, are you running a wireless mouse?
 
Check the Task manager and just make sure nothing is running in the background program wise. Also sometimes a wireless mouse with low batteries can cause this issue too, are you running a wireless mouse?
Checked the task manager and there is nothing running in the background. Good point about the wireless mouse. I will check that. Thank you for your suggestions!
 
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