Abrupt Screen Shut Off

[zabadabadoo]

After the screen shuts off and you then move your mouse or touch keyboard, what do you see?
I dont know if this may be of help

Closing the screen on my laptop?

@john1938 Question: Do you have Zorin 15.3 Core or Lite? For Core, you can turn off “Lock Screen” in Settings>Privacy. I can see no settings under Settings>Power that relate to Lock Screen. Maybe @phunsoft has Zorin 15.3 Lite, which could be a bit different. Edit: Whilst not exactly what you want, there are some possible “lid closure” action alternatives mentioned here: Note: Zorin Core has Gnome desktop and Gnome tweaks can be installed to mildly “customise” Gnome desktop.