DX12 is the only thing tempting me back to Windows 10. Luckily, until a game supporting it is released (and that I want) I now have no desire to move across too it.

Long live Windows 8.1!

Considered for a couple of minutes and then thought "what am I doing"!? I'm now happily back on Windows 8.1 and will stay there until a game is released that uses DirectX 12. Hopefully by then it's...

Absolutely gutted to say that mine has randomly stopped working again (screensaver and power saver). Not sure what I do now, but I'm considering failing back to Windows 8.1 because I really only...

So you've tried all the suggestions contained within this thread?

Just in case it helps (likely not!), I happened to remove my XBox wired controller in parallel with applying that reg-fix. I broke the golden rule changing 2 things at once, so I have subsequently...

It is really frustrating. You don't realise how essential the functionality is until you discover your screen has been on for 2 days and that's really not good for the screen or your electricity bill!

No. It just works now; directly from the desktop or from a locked screen.

I can also confirm that the 'Add Console Lock' registry change has made my screensaver AND my power saving options both start working properly. Massive thanks to @Emb for that. Just in case it...

You LEGEND. That fixed the screensaver issue for me, but I need to wait to see if the power saving has also worked. I'll report back and if it doesn't work I'll reset my local GPO's as they will...