Windows 8.1 enterprise screen saver custom time wont save setting??

i have no idea why i cannot save time settings for my screen saver. it keeps the same time default no matter what. any ideas how i can custom set this?
very annoying.
system specs:
OS Name    Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise
Version    6.3.9600 Build 9600
Other OS Description     Not Available
OS Manufacturer    Microsoft Corporation
System Name   
System Manufacturer    MSI
System Model    MS-7642
System Type    x64-based PC
System SKU    To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Processor    AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor, 3400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date    American Megatrends Inc. V1.8, 12/24/2010
SMBIOS Version    2.5
Embedded Controller Version    255.255
BIOS Mode    Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer    MSI
BaseBoard Model    Not Available
BaseBoard Name    Base Board
Platform Role    Desktop
Secure Boot State    Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration    Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory    C:\Windows
System Directory    C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device    \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale   
Hardware Abstraction Layer    Version = "6.3.9600.17196"
User Name   
Time Zone   
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)    8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory    7.50 GB
Available Physical Memory    4.28 GB
Total Virtual Memory    8.69 GB
Available Virtual Memory    5.81 GB
Page File Space    1.19 GB
Page File    C:\pagefile.sys
A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.   

Hi boadiceaa,
Is the machine in a domain environment ?How did you configure the screensaver ?
Usually we can configure it here .
Right click the blank desktop ,choose personalize ,screensaver.
There is a registry key we can configure the timeout of the screensaver .
 HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveTimeout          
 If it is a domain environment ,please check whether the screensaver group policy has been configured.
 We can run "rsop " to have a check .
We also can try to configure it from the group policy
Screen Saver timeout
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc961876.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
If the issue persists, we can try to login with another account and configure it to have a check .This will help us to narrow down whether this issue is caused by the specific account .
Best regards
im not exactly sure what you mean by domain but its for my home network, just simple SOHO. ive tried using another user account to change it but it doesnt matter what it only goes to 15 mins max time.
youd suggest i look into the registry for starters or?
thanks again for the reply

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