stop win 11 autolock

[nine mil thrill]

win 11 screen autolock is driving me crazy. when momentary away from laptop.....my screen will quickly autolock. ok, i get it. BUT when trying to watch a long video.......it tries to autolock unless i move my cursor. i have tried various things on line....but still no joy. any ideas ?

[ibanezfoo]

Did you check your power settings in the control panel?

[nine mil thrill]

yes, i have been in power settings. still no joy

[Dan_Eastvale]

Display Screen saver settings.
Wait so many minutes before screensaver comes back on ? move the mouse or press keys and screensaver is off

[ibanezfoo]

yes, i have been in power settings. still no joy

What settings are you changing in there? I looked at my win11 laptop and all the same stuff is in there as has been since win7

[SanDiego619]

WTF, it shouldn't lock the screen while a video is playing.

[ibanezfoo]

If you right click on the desktop -> personalization -> lock screen -> screen timeout

theres a bunch of crap in there that might be relevant

[nine mil thrill]

all my timeouts have been set to never. and yes, when watching a video,,,,,,i have to move my cursor to stop the timeout. that is what is so frustrating.......

[nine mil thrill]

....I am making progress....i think. the item is called "dynamic lock". i still havent fixed it. the are so many toggles in the dynamic lock menu. the dynamic lock toggle in my menu is not checked, and i am usure what else to do.

[high_revs]

i experienced what OP describes too but it's rare. i thought it's the app i'm using and somehow doesn't quite always link to windows settings to adhere to it. i think it was Video LAN player but it's rare.

[sigstroker]

all my timeouts have been set to never. and yes, when watching a video,,,,,,i have to move my cursor to stop the timeout. that is what is so frustrating.......

Ya, my hands are often busy when I watch a video...