Solved Screensaver and power settings are not working in Win 8.1

Jcl

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Hi everyone,

My screensaver and power setting to turn off the display has stopped working, and these were working the other day. The only thing I have changed is I updated iTunes. I have tried a system restore to before this and this did not fix this.

Among other things I have tried a clean boot, sfc, and checking the energy report. Clean boot did nothing and sfc gave no errors. I uploaded my energy report if any one thinks it could be useful.

I also tried to put the PC into sleep, which I don't normally do and it woke up a little while later. That gave me the following error in event viewer:

The system firmware has changed the processor's memory type range registers (MTRRs) across a sleep state transition (S4). This can result in reduced resume performance.

I tried searching around for additional tips but could not find anything helpful. Can anyone help me figure what is causing this?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    N/A
    CPU
    Intel i5-3570k
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H
    Memory
    G.Skill Ares 8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce GTX 670 2GB
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    ADATA SP900, WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0, ST3000DM001-1CH166
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, Malwarebytes Pro
In installed Updates in Windows Update if you see KB2756872, uninstall it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
In installed Updates in Windows Update if you see KB2756872, uninstall it.

I actually don't have that installed. The lowest my updates go down to is KB288
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    N/A
    CPU
    Intel i5-3570k
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H
    Memory
    G.Skill Ares 8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce GTX 670 2GB
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    ADATA SP900, WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0, ST3000DM001-1CH166
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, Malwarebytes Pro
Interesting, I figured it out. My Wii U Pro controller was the problem, and when unplugged it is fine. The problem didn't exist a couple days ago though so I'm not sure why it is happening now.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    N/A
    CPU
    Intel i5-3570k
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H
    Memory
    G.Skill Ares 8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce GTX 670 2GB
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    ADATA SP900, WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0, ST3000DM001-1CH166
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, Malwarebytes Pro
Possible a compatibility problem that has now surfaced.

As long as you have partially fixed the problem, Great.
This may help others.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
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