This started about a month ago and I have no idea why. After my PC sits for a while the screen goes black. The only way I can get it back is use the Power button to shutdown and then restart.. I will not say it does it everytime but is often enough so it is very annoying..
Here is how I have the Power settings:
As you can see the monitor should never change from when it comes on. Any help would be appreciated
Have a look at your screen saver. It may be set to blank screen.
According to this I don't use a Screen Saver.
So far the last 2 days it not done what I had described.
When the screen is black, had you tried CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or CTRL+ALT+DEL to regain user control of the computer?
iko22
It went black this morning before I had read your post. I have the post you gave on my calendar on my desk. Next time it goes black, I will try those. Thank you very much
iko22
I tried both of those suggested cures and neither worked. This has me totally buffaloed.
I thought I had a solution (but not a cure). I left something running such as IE 11 and days that seemed to work but alas on the 4th or 5th day, back to shutting down no matter what.
Does the HDD LED light on computer case show any disk activity, after when screen shuts down?
iko22
I have not checked that if it happens again.
I have now restored Windows back as far as it would let me. That was not far only to May 17 and I don't think that is enough, but will see.
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