- Aug 12, 2014
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Hello guys,
I'm running Windows 8.1 right now, and I'm having a problem with setting the options under the 'Control Panel - System and Security - Power Options - Edit Plan Settings - Turn Off the Display' menu.
I'd like to take one of the preexisting power plans, specifically the HP Recommended plan (I have an HP computer), and change the 'Turn Off Display' to 1 minute under the 'Plugged in' heading.
However, whenever I do this, the screen doesn't turn off after 1 minute.
It sometimes doesn't turn off at all.
Other times, it'll turn off after some indeterminate amount of time after which when attempting to bring the screen back up I'm never prompted for a password at all.
In this situation, the log-in screen flashes quickly with my user name displayed and the word 'locked' displayed underneath it.
However, no password field is displayed at all and the screen just comes right back.
Obviously, there's no security.
I know that I can manually lock the screen with ctrl+alt+delete; that function still works.
But I'd like to know what's wrong with the OS and fix it.
Any ideas about how to fix the problem?
I'm running Windows 8.1 right now, and I'm having a problem with setting the options under the 'Control Panel - System and Security - Power Options - Edit Plan Settings - Turn Off the Display' menu.
I'd like to take one of the preexisting power plans, specifically the HP Recommended plan (I have an HP computer), and change the 'Turn Off Display' to 1 minute under the 'Plugged in' heading.
However, whenever I do this, the screen doesn't turn off after 1 minute.
It sometimes doesn't turn off at all.
Other times, it'll turn off after some indeterminate amount of time after which when attempting to bring the screen back up I'm never prompted for a password at all.
In this situation, the log-in screen flashes quickly with my user name displayed and the word 'locked' displayed underneath it.
However, no password field is displayed at all and the screen just comes right back.
Obviously, there's no security.
I know that I can manually lock the screen with ctrl+alt+delete; that function still works.
But I'd like to know what's wrong with the OS and fix it.
Any ideas about how to fix the problem?