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In-built Photos screen saver starts as blank for 4 min
Hello,
I hope this is a right place for this. I have Windows 11 home. I wanted to use the in-built "Photos" screen saver to slideshow my photos in the Pictures folder.
No matter how much time I set (1 min, 5 min, or anything else)... the screen first goes blank at the exact time I have set for the slideshow I want to start (monitor power is on, backlight still on, but display is blank/black). Then after about 4 min the actual photos slideshow starts.
- If screen saver is set to start after 1 min, then monitor goes blank at 1 min, slideshow starts at about 5 min
- If screen saver is set to start after 5 min, then monitor goes blank at 5 min, slideshow starts at about 9 min
For testing, I disabled "sleep" and "turn off screen" timers completely. I changed the power management settings from high to medium to low. But the screen saver delay issue continues. This is NOT an issue if I select any other in-built screen savers (3D text, pipes, and so on), they all start at the correct time without delay.
I would appreciate any help. Thank you.
Thank you for your feedback, Almaiw. The issue was potentially connected to One Drive syncing as the pictures folder was linked to it. I changed my pictures folder to a non-synced location and it is not longer an issue :)
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Thank you for your feedback, Almaiw. The issue was potentially connected to One Drive syncing as the pictures folder was linked to it. I changed my pictures folder to a non-synced location and it is not longer an issue :)
Your issue with the "Photos" screensaver in Windows 11 Home — where the screen goes blank exactly at the set time but the slideshow starts with a delay — is quite specific. Since other in-built screensavers work as expected, it suggests the problem is isolated to the "Photos" screensaver feature.
