Solved Issue With Power Settings/Screensaver GPO & Windows 8

MRM316

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I have a power settings GPO set with the following settings:

- Turn off the display after 15 minutes


I also have a screensaver GPO that turns on the blank screensaver after 30 minutes. It's set to display the logon screen on resume. In Windows XP & Windows 7, this works flawlessly. After 30 minutes the logon screen appears when resuming.

On my Windows 8 computers, I find that the policies & settings are properly applied but the logon screen is displayed after only 15 minutes. The only thing I have set to 15 minutes is the above GPO to turn off the monitor.


PS - It seems that the log on screen always appears as soon as the display is set to shut off. I tried changing it to 1 minute & the logon screen appeared when resuming.



I can't seem to figure out why this is happening. Any ideas?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 x64
Reverse the settings to 15 on the saver, and 30 on the turn off display... ;)
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    17074 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP dv7 3173nr
    CPU
    M520
    Memory
    5GB
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Internet Speed
    120Mb/s
  • PC2
    HP A12 R7 17074
Kept the screensaver time at 30 & ended up changing the display off time to 30 minutes. Works fine now.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 x64
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