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Lock Screen Timeout Settings on Windows PC
Not sure if I have forgotten to set something or if I have not set something right but looking at some Windows 11 devices we have, I can see via Control Panel power settings that the monitor is set t...
The setting you changed in the Control Panel, "Turn off display after," only applies when your PC is unlocked and idle . Once you lock the screen (manually or automatically), Windows switches to a hidden, separate timer called "Console lock display off timeout" . By default, this timer is set to just 1 minute, which perfectly explains why your monitors are blanking so quickly after the lock screen appears .