Although set to sleep after an hour while on power, it goes to sleep after 2 minutes. Before the Win 10 upgrade, whatever I set power conservation at was what the laptop followed. Never had any problems until now...
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Bruce
Hello BDH Welcome to the windowssh blog!
One thought about that would be increasing the time before the sleep mode comes into play to 2 hours to watch and observe what happens then. You can also create a new custom power plan or even abandon the sleep and hibernation options entirely. Generally the laptop I use will be shut down entirely and packed away for someone else when going to visit that person. The desktops here however being ac powered 24/7 are generally running for the same amount of time without screen savers either.
If something in the OEM copy of Windows needs fixing you can open the Command prompt(admin) option found in the right click menu when right clicking on the Start button where you simply type: "sfc /scannow" in a the command line there and press enter to get the System File Checker going. That would generally fix any minor problems with system files. A new power plan or simply refreshing the Balance you are likely seeing being the default plan to the High performance for a period of time and then back might help reset the defaults.
Thanks for the quick reply. Right clicking on the start icon gets the list of what you want to do but clicking on anything gets nothing.
I have shut down and restarted and tried again. Right clicked on the start icon, went to command prompt with the admin option and still no response. None of the menu items are accessible.
Where do I go from here?
Bruce
Well the main problem is the upgrade! By the details you have provided already and from running into similar pooched upgrade type installs especially with the initial 10240 retail build you have two main options for getting 10 to run normally. The first whick will preserve files and most of your program installs would the Inplace Upgrade to Repair Install option and the second being a full Clean Install to insure all problems are cleared up!
If you didn't see 10 downloaded separately to either see the 10 media created or save the "Windows.iso" file to a folder but simply allowed the 10 upgrade by way of the WU you will be needing that! Windows 10 ISO Download - Windows 10 blog
If you elect to use the Media Creation tool route you will need at least an 8gb flash drive since the Threshold 2 Update updated even more since will be about 5.48gb in size on disk. That's a bit over the typical USB Install Key seen made up for previous versions since the update is a "4 in 1" iso containing both Home and Pro editions as well as both the 32bit and 64bit flavors of each! That will auto detect the version of Windows, edition, and 32/64 flavor when going to run the 10 installer for an upgrade or upgrade to repair type install. When booted live from the media and choosing the Custom option you then are prompted first for the 32bit or 64bit option and after a few more screens you then select the edition.
I should also add here another nice little item to have available consists of the repair/recovery options normally seen in the F8 boot menu that might not be available at some point if some new problem appears where you can't boot far enough or you are not able to call it up. That would be the Recovery Drive option where a 8gb or larger flash drive is something you can carry around with you if you have 10 on a laptop or simply don't any worry about losing the 10 stick or in some cases 10 dvd-r made up.
The important thing to know is when any upgrade install comes out buggy you are simply better off dumping it after you have everything backed up. Otherwise you can end up seeing one problem after another appear and end up seeing a continual headache! Having initially seen several upgrade installs with only one coming out looking normal I have to prepare you for the need to see the present copy of 10 replaced.
