Dot Matrix Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Anyone know why when I lock my computer, my monitor immediately goes into standby, and is there a way to change that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0rk_b0mb Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Wipe it and install Windows 7? :p freak180, neo1911 and windows95isg8 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 have you made a trip to your power options??? Please verify settings. neo1911 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 have you made a trip to your power options??? Please verify settings. Quite a few times. Nothing seems to work. My monitor is set to go off after 45 minutes, when the computer is set to sleep after idling, but I see nothing about the lock screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azspeedbullet Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 did you check the bios settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0rk_b0mb Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Quite a few times. Nothing seems to work. My monitor is set to go off after 45 minutes, when the computer is set to sleep after idling, but I see nothing about the lock screen. On a more serious note, go to device manager and see if the driver is installed. Go to the manufacture's website too and get the driver. Has it just started doing this or has it done so since day one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Routerbad Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 My secondary monitor goes into standby when I lock, but not the primary one, it stays on until it is set to hibernate. I have my power settings at max performance as a baseline and set "turn monitor off" to 20 minutes. I have hibernate set to 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthonyd Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Your monitor goes off after 1min when you are on the lockscreen. This is made by design and it's not a "bug". If you want to keep it always on, you need to set the monitor to never sleep inside the power settings menu (inside the control panel). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 On a more serious note, go to device manager and see if the driver is installed. Go to the manufacture's website too and get the driver. Has it just started doing this or has it done so since day one? Actually, I never install manufacturer drivers for monitors. They've always screw things up with OS settings, and HP's drivers have always screwed up my color settings by installing and defaulting to their own junk ICM pallets. But the OS recognizes my main monitor as a HP w2207. It's also been doing this since day 1, even on the CP. Your monitor goes off after 1min when you are on the lockscreen. This is made by design and it's not a "bug". If you want to keep it always on, you need to set the monitor to never sleep inside the power settings menu (inside the control panel). Shoot. Ok, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted September 28, 2012 Supervisor Share Posted September 28, 2012 Actually, I never install manufacturer drivers for monitors. They've always screw things up with OS settings, and HP's drivers have always screwed up my color settings by installing and defaulting to their own junk ICM pallets. But the OS recognizes my main monitor as a HP w2207. i think you misunderstood, he meant main manufacturer aka Nvidia or AMD, not OEM manufacturer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0rk_b0mb Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Actually, I never install manufacturer drivers for monitors. They've always screw things up with OS settings, and HP's drivers have always screwed up my color settings by installing and defaulting to their own junk ICM pallets. But the OS recognizes my main monitor as a HP w2207. It's also been doing this since day 1, even on the CP. Shoot. Ok, thanks. http://h10025.www1.h...ct=3363837#N154 Doesn't look like there is official (driver) support for it. Maybe call HP or post on their forums when support will be availible? i think you misunderstood, he meant main manufacturer aka Nvidia or AMD, not OEM manufacturer His graphics drivers? I'm very sure he has those. ;) Hey dot! Is your mobo drivers up to date? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Yes, my graphics drivers are up to date. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I never install monitor drivers ether... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted September 28, 2012 Veteran Share Posted September 28, 2012 Anyone know why when I lock my computer, my monitor immediately goes into standby, and is there a way to change that? Not a bug, it's working as designed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Not a bug, it's working as designed. I think you can disable this behavior in the old "screensaver" dialog. Didn't see anything in there. I don't have a screensaver set. But it's odd given you now have notifications on the lock screen, but no one is ever going to see them with the screen going off like that. Plus, it makes it harder to admire the picture I have set as the background. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Didn't see anything in there. I don't have a screensaver set. But it's odd given you now have notifications on the lock screen, but no one is ever going to see them with the screen going off like that. Plus, it makes it harder to admire the picture I have set as the background. :p This... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ve7878 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I created a thread asking this a while ago but I found the solution on eight forums. I saved the .reg basically you need to make the following change. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99\8EC4B3A5-6868-48c2-BE75-4F3044BE88A7 Change the Attributes DWORD value to 2. Then when you go into advanced power settings under display you'll have an option called "Console lock display off timeout" which you can change in minutes for how long you'd like before the display goes into standby on the lock screen. +devHead 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+devHead Subscriber² Posted September 29, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted September 29, 2012 Didn't see anything in there. I don't have a screensaver set. But it's odd given you now have notifications on the lock screen, but no one is ever going to see them with the screen going off like that. Plus, it makes it harder to admire the picture I have set as the background. :p There is likely a setting in the registry for either disabling this or making it longer. I find it kind of annoying too, frankly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ve7878 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 There is likely a setting in the registry for either disabling this or making it longer. I find it kind of annoying too, frankly! Yes, I posted it above. It's from Eight Forums so credit to them, don't have the link to the original thread though as I just saved the .reg file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcfan Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 this is a driver issue,not windows 8 bug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted September 29, 2012 Supervisor Share Posted September 29, 2012 this is a driver issue,not windows 8 bug thank you OP, .. oh wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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