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I like having my monitor power off soon after activity stops. Currently, I have it powering off after 2 minutes of inactivity. I am also very big on locking my PC when I step away. So, I also have the screen saver kick in after 2 minutes. (Of course, I never even see a screen saver because the monitor is off. And, in fact, my screen saver is set to "None". So this setting essentially means the PC is set to lock after 2 minutes.)
However, what often happens is that I'm sitting at the PC, and the monitor turns off, but I don't want it to lock. I move the mouse, and it's locked--even if I intervened within a second or two.
With Windows XP, I used to be able to use the ScreenSaverGracePeriod registry value to work around this. I've tried this with my Windows 8 system, but it doesn't work. I have tried using ScreenSaverGracePeriod as both REG_SZ and as DWORD.
Is there any way to delay the PC from locking after the monitor powers off by just a few seconds? I know I can have the monitor power off after 2 minutes but set the screen saver to 3 minutes, but I'd like to reduce the delay to a matter of seconds, if that is possible.
However, what often happens is that I'm sitting at the PC, and the monitor turns off, but I don't want it to lock. I move the mouse, and it's locked--even if I intervened within a second or two.
With Windows XP, I used to be able to use the ScreenSaverGracePeriod registry value to work around this. I've tried this with my Windows 8 system, but it doesn't work. I have tried using ScreenSaverGracePeriod as both REG_SZ and as DWORD.
Is there any way to delay the PC from locking after the monitor powers off by just a few seconds? I know I can have the monitor power off after 2 minutes but set the screen saver to 3 minutes, but I'd like to reduce the delay to a matter of seconds, if that is possible.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Maingear Shift
- CPU
- Intel 3970x (Overclocked to ~4.2 GHz)
- Motherboard
- Asus Rampage IV Extreme
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia Titans (2 in SLI)
- Sound Card
- Creative Sound Blaster Z
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- Acer T272hl
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- Samsung SSD 840 PRO (512 GB)
Western Digital Black (4 TB)
Western Digital Black (4 TB)
Western Digital (300 GB)
- PSU
- Corsair Professional Digital Series AX1200i
- Case
- Maingear Shift (Modified Silverstone Raven)
- Cooling
- Maingear EPIC 180 Supercooler
- Keyboard
- Logitech G710+
- Mouse
- Logitech MX518
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- Firefox
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- Avira Antivirus Suite
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