Screen becomes black after being left idle only recourse is to turn off the power

Our screen goes black after being left idle for some time.  The only recourse is to turn it off.  The keyboard does not (without CTRL-ALT-DEL).  I tried to return to the previous registry spot without success.  Any ideas?

Hi Flair24,
 
-Have you made changes on your computer before this problem started to happen?
-Set the screen saver vacuum? If so, change the screen saver to another and check if this might be the cause of this problem.
-Do you have any particular power on your computer(sleep/hibernate) model?
 
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