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Sleep idle timeout

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Specifies the duration of inactivity before the system automatically enters sleep.

Aliases and setting visibility

  • Windows provisioning: Common\Power\Policy\Settings\Sleep\StandbyTimeout

  • PowerCfg: STANDBYIDLE

  • GUID: 29f6c1db-86da-48c5-9fdb-f2b67b1f44da

  • Hidden setting: Yes

Values

The value denotes the number of seconds.

Minimum value

0 (Never idle to sleep)

Maximum value

Maximum integer

Applies to

Available in Windows Vista and later versions of Windows.