Windows 10 Windows locks PC after 1 minute of inactivity instead of the specified time

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I used secpol.msc, expanded "Local policies" and selected "Security options", then I set "Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit" to 300 to make Windows lock my PC after 5 minutes, but instead it locks after just 1 minute.Screensaver is off, I even set "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveActive" to 0, however the issue still occurs. Since the security policy's description says that its value should be the max inactivity time in seconds, I expect a value of 300 to lock my PC after 5 minutes.I noticed that "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveT

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