I have a fresh install of windows 11, though this was an issue with win10 too. I also have an OLED monitor.
I have to always turn the monitor off entirely when not using it unless I shut down the computer- otherwise, windows will leave the screen on, even when locked (and even if I initially sleep it completely. Maybe my cats bump the mouse in the evening and it wakes up forever)
With an OLED this contributes to pretty bad burn in. I tried telling it to turn the screen off after one minute, with no effect….
Any tips? I once setup some scripts to force sleep, but that really doesn’t seem the right solution here.
I do have windows hello enabled, but even disabling that doesn’t seem to help. It happens both on a lock screen and when I leave it alone on the desktop.
Thanks for any tips
This sounds like a driver issue with your particular monitor. I’ve run into this before and often times its the Windows self installed driver being used for your monitor. I would suggest going to the vendor website and seeing if they have any updated or universal drivers for your particular monitor. There may be more to your particular issue, but its a good place to start if nothing else.
Oh just to be clear, I don’t mean like the monitor has power, I mean windows is wanting to display it’s fancy Lock Screen at all times. I’ll still try that, if it makes a difference this is an Alienware.
What they are saying is that the driver Windows is using is trying to tell it to turn off the backlight (but leave the screen on) like it would do with an LCD, but OLED doesn’t have a separate backlight. It needs the right driver to know how to power down that monitor.