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Screen Saver Resets to 1 Minute - Here's What Fixed it for Me
OK so I see a few different screen saver issues around the forum and I couldn't say if they are connected in any way but here's my issue and what seems to be a work around of sorts that got my screen saver up and running again.
SETUPS
Clean install of Windows 10 Home 64bit on 2 computers here on a large desk that my wife and I share. Both custom builds but fairly different. Each computer has a regular mouse, keyboard (nothing fancy) and a Creative Live! Cam for video chats. The issue presented itself before the cams were connected.
ISSUE
After the install of Windows 10 the screen saver was set to come on at 10 minutes. The settings stick on a restart but do not if they are turned off for the night. The next startup the screen savers would be set back to 1 min and would not come on, until settings where changed and Applied again.
FIX
The fix for both computers was to turn OFF Fast Startup in the Power Options control panel. After that the screen saver time set would stick through shut downs.
SIDE NOTE
At first I didn't think this actually fixed the issue because though the time set would stick, if I simply started up the computer and walked away the screen saver would not be on when I came back. The action to get the screen saver time to actually countdown is a simple right click of the mouse that brings up the contextual menu. That's all, don't have to go back into the screen saver settings. So by simply turning on your computer and using it, you would or should have inadvertently activate the screen saver so that it's countdown activates.
For what it's worth. No guarantees because as I said there seems to be a few different issues at play here. And technically, that I couldn't just startup my computer, walk away and have my screen saver come on as set... It's probably still "broken".