How to maintain the display-off state on a Modern Standby PC

Question

When setting sleep to 'None' in the power settings on a Modern Standby PC, checking the 'powercfg /sleepstudy' logs reveals that the system seems to alternate between the display-off and sleep states.

What settings can be applied to maintain the display-off state continuously?

Currently, aside from disabling the Modern Standby feature by editing the registry, I'm not aware of any settings that can maintain the display-off state while keeping the Modern Standby feature enabled. Are there any settings available to achieve this?

Answer 1

Hello

In a Modern Standby PC, the system alternates between the display-off and sleep states. This is because the Modern Standby feature is designed to behave like a smartphone, maintaining real-time connectivity and speedy wake times while consuming very low energy.

However, maintaining the display-off state continuously while keeping the Modern Standby feature enabled might not be directly achievable through the system settings. The system is designed to transition into the sleep state after the screen turns off. This is part of the power-saving design of Modern Standby.

If you’re looking to keep certain processes running while the display is off, like a network connection or background music, these should continue to run in the background during the Modern Standby state, similar to how they would on a locked smartphone.