Satellite P850 display turns off after only minute or two of inactivity

Hi,
I have my Display settings set to turn off display after 1 hour when on power and 10 minutes when on battery.
I have a screen saver set up to go on after 10 minutes.
However, my display often (but not always) turns itself off after only a minute or two of inactivity.
Can anyone explain this weird behavior?
It starts up immediately I move the mouse but I just don't like things happening that I haven't scheduled.
Thanks.
Hoges

Hi
Could it be possible that you changed the settings in the power profile which is not in use?
I mean in case another application like ECO Utility would control the display brightness, the changes in Windows power plant would be useless.
Toshiba ECO Utility for example contains some settings like dim display after
I think you should check this utility

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