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DaftCashew
I have always had my power settings set to the following: screen off after 15 minutes, never sleep. Just two or three days ago, I noticed my computer no longer turns the monitors off after 15 min like it should. Instead the screen goes off for a brief second, and then turns back on immediately.
After doing some fiddling, I discovered that when my Microsoft Sculpt wireless USB keyboard is unplugged from the system, the screen goes off and stays off like it should. I have owned this keyboard for a few years now and I've never had this problem with it before now. Everything was working fine until 3 days ago. I have not changed any settings to cause this issue. I suspect that a recent Windows update may have messed things up, but I have no way to know for sure. I have even tried going into my device settings for various keyboard devices and unchecking the box that says "allow this device to wake from sleep" and yet the problem persists...
Is there anything I can do to restore Windows to the proper functionality? I hate having to turn my screens off manually, because then Windows messes up the size and position of all the windows I have open (I have a dual monitor setup with different resolutions). My other option is unfortunately to unplug my keyboard every time I walk away from the computer... but that is not something I should have to do! Please help!
Edit:
I found some helpful information in another thread here:
Microsoft sculpt ergonomic keyboard waking up my screen
It would seem that some other folks with this same issue have also owned the exact same Microsoft Sculpt keyboard that I have... so now I'm not sure if this is an issue with Windows or with the keyboard... but hey, they are both Microsoft products!! Therefore I see no reason why they should be having this issue together. Somebody over at Microsoft dropped the ball on this one.
Until I find out why this issue is happening, I was able to find a workaround in the post I linked above... which is to uncheck "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" for Microsoft Hardware USB Mouse in the HID section of Device Manager. Doing this allows my screens to turn off like they did before even with the keyboard plugged in.
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After doing some fiddling, I discovered that when my Microsoft Sculpt wireless USB keyboard is unplugged from the system, the screen goes off and stays off like it should. I have owned this keyboard for a few years now and I've never had this problem with it before now. Everything was working fine until 3 days ago. I have not changed any settings to cause this issue. I suspect that a recent Windows update may have messed things up, but I have no way to know for sure. I have even tried going into my device settings for various keyboard devices and unchecking the box that says "allow this device to wake from sleep" and yet the problem persists...
Is there anything I can do to restore Windows to the proper functionality? I hate having to turn my screens off manually, because then Windows messes up the size and position of all the windows I have open (I have a dual monitor setup with different resolutions). My other option is unfortunately to unplug my keyboard every time I walk away from the computer... but that is not something I should have to do! Please help!
Edit:
I found some helpful information in another thread here:
Microsoft sculpt ergonomic keyboard waking up my screen
It would seem that some other folks with this same issue have also owned the exact same Microsoft Sculpt keyboard that I have... so now I'm not sure if this is an issue with Windows or with the keyboard... but hey, they are both Microsoft products!! Therefore I see no reason why they should be having this issue together. Somebody over at Microsoft dropped the ball on this one.
Until I find out why this issue is happening, I was able to find a workaround in the post I linked above... which is to uncheck "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" for Microsoft Hardware USB Mouse in the HID section of Device Manager. Doing this allows my screens to turn off like they did before even with the keyboard plugged in.
Continue reading...