How to overcome the problem of frequent sleep screen in laptop / PC for Windows 10 ?

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SOLUTIONS TO FREQUENT
SLEEP SCREEN
SOLUTION NO # 01
1. Click on the Windows Icon.
2. And type regedit.
3. Right-click on regedit icon, click Run As Administrator.
4. Go to: KEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEM > Current Control Set > Control > Power > Power
Settings > 238C9FA8-0AAD-41ED-83F4-97BE242C8F20 > 7bc4a2f9-d8fc-4469-b07b-
33eb785aaca0.

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5. Double click on Attributes (on the right panel).
6. Enter number 2 (instead of 1 or whatever).
7. Go to Advanced Power Settings.
8. Click on Windows button > write Power Options > click on Power Options > in the Selected Plan
click on the Change Plan Settings > click on the Change Advanced Power Settings.
9. Click on the Change settings that are currently unavailable.

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10. Click: Sleep > then System Unattended Sleep Timeout > then change these settings from 2
Minutes to 999 for example.
11. That's it!
12. At least it works for me. 
SOLUTION NO # 02
1. To find the screen saver (which is NOT with the power settings),
2. Open your Control Panel & Select Personalization.
3. Now select Screen Saver, which may be one of the icons along the bottom of the window.
4. Now you can set your screen saver to come on after some more reasonable amount of time.

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• It should be highlighted in your system as my window is expired.
URL: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install/windows-
10-keeps-going-into-sleep-after-1-minute/787e8cea-32ce-4ea0-a281-13c32a75352d?auth=1
SOLUTION NO # 03
1. Scroll down to Related Settings -> Additional Power Settings
2. Click on the Choose When to Turn of the Display link from the left column.
3. Click on the Restore Default Settings for this Plan
4. If it this won’t fix the problem or the Restore Default Settings for this Plan is disabled, then continue
to step 6
5. Click the Change Advanced Power Settings
6. In the new window click the Restore Plan Defaults Button.
7. If this won’t fix the problem or the Restore plan defaults button is disabled, then continue to step 9
8. Select a different Plan (High Performance or Maximum Performance).
9. Then click the Restore Plan Defaults Button.
10. Click OK and this should fix the corrupt power plan.
11. Now you can change or tweak the Power plan settings according to your needs, or completely
disable the Sleep mode.
12. If all of the above still does not help and you have a laptop, then you can try to remove the battery
from the laptop a few seconds then put it back and this could solve the problem.
URL: https://blog.usro.net/how-to-fix-windows-10-going-to-sleep-randomly/
SOLUTION NO # 04
1. We also advise installing the latest updates for Windows 10 Version 1709.
2. As of January 3, the latest build is OS Build 16299.192 (KB4056892).
3. You can check the Windows 10 update history for the latest updates.

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4. Updating your PC keeps it up to date with the latest features and protected from vulnerabilities.
URL: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-power/windows-10-keeps-
going-to-sleep/96d4bcb1-a6e2-4a0e-afa1-b6ede70f3a7e
SOLUTION NO # 05
1. Type Troubleshooting in the search bar and without quotes and click on Troubleshooting in the
results displayed on the top of the window
2. Click System and Security on left panel.
3. Click Power, new window will popup.
4. Follow the on screen instructions.
5. I would also suggest you to refer to the below Microsoft help article:
6. Shut down (turn off), sleep, or hibernate your PC: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-
IN/windows-8/how-shut-down-turn-off-pc. (Steps applies to Windows 10 as well)
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/windows-10-going-
to-sleep-randomly/9fa80ce4-7c62-4272-bf67-765f54051b4d
SOLUTION NO # 06
1. Press Windows key+ X and select Command Prompt (Admin).
2. Type the following command: powercfg -energy and hit Enter
3. Wait for the command to complete executing. Once it has finished its task, it will tell you where it
had saved the output.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/windows-10-going-
to-sleep-randomly/9fa80ce4-7c62-4272-bf67-765f54051b4d
SOULTION NO # 07
1. From Start, search for msconfig.
2. Select System Configuration from the search results.

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3. On the Services tab of the System Configuration dialog box, tap or click to select the Hide all
Microsoft services check box, and then tap or click Disable all.
4.
5. On the Startup tab of the System Configuration dialog box, tap or click Open Task Manager.

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6. On the Startup tab in Task Manager, for each startup item, select the item and then click Disable.
7. Close Task Manager.
8. On the Startup tab of the System Configuration dialog box, tap or click OK, and then restart the
computer.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows
SOLUTION NO # 08
1. Arrange a chat with Microsoft community at:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/contact/virtual-agent/?flowId=smc-home-
hero&referrer=www.microsoft.com