Saver Not Working ~upd~: Windows 11 Screen

Windows 11 does not enable screen savers by default. Ensure yours is correctly set up: Open > Personalization > Lock screen . Scroll down and select Screen saver settings . Confirm the screen saver is NOT set to (None) . Set a short Wait time (e.g., 1 minute) for testing.

Then she waited.

She set it up:

Go to > System > Power & battery > Screen and sleep . windows 11 screen saver not working

Ensure is set to a time longer than your screen saver wait time. Windows 11 does not enable screen savers by default

Sometimes, maintenance tasks or network activity wake the computer up the moment the screen saver tries to engage. Confirm the screen saver is NOT set to (None)

Five minutes passed. The screen stayed bright, showing her open design files. Ten minutes. Nothing. Twenty. The screensaver never appeared.