# Settings on my computer?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/settings-on-my-computer/1016032>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 24, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/settings-on-my-computer/1016032 "2025-03-24T14:02:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GailForce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/settings-on-my-computer/1016032/1 "2025-03-24T14:02:21Z")

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By chance, this morning I happened upon the place on my computer that allowed me to change the time my screen goes black when I leave it idle. I added minutes all over the place, but now I can’t find the place I was in when I changed it (just in case I find I want to make other changes someday.) I’m in “settings” where there’s all kinds of stuff like SECURITY and PRIVACY and DEVICES, but none of them seem to have the page I’m looking for and that I just had.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/settings-on-my-computer/1016032/2 "2025-03-24T14:09:36Z")

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If you don’t tell us what kind of computer you have, there’s not much we can do for you.

Android, Chromebook, Mac, PC, which version of the OS, etc., etc.

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**Author:** ![GailForce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/settings-on-my-computer/1016032/3 "2025-03-24T14:10:50Z")

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Sorry. PC, Windows 11. I think I did this on Microsoft 365.

I’m not too big on tech stuff, as you can probably tell.

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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/settings-on-my-computer/1016032/4 "2025-03-24T14:15:29Z")

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Look in Settings\>System\>Power.

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**Author:** ![GailForce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/settings-on-my-computer/1016032/5 "2025-03-24T14:20:03Z")

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Thank you. Perfect.