Disable Power Plan

[Guest]

I am using a Belkin 1500VA UPS on my computer. The Belkin is set to shutdown
the computer in 20 minutes after power failure. However, the power plan on
windows vista 32 bit is taking over and it shuts down the computer after 3
minutes. Is there anyway to fix this? Is it possible to disable vista's power
plan so the Belkin UPS can do it's thing?

 

[mikeyhsd]

did you install the belkin programs. usually a requirement.
and in the process they sometimes turn off the power management.



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I am using a Belkin 1500VA UPS on my computer. The Belkin is set to shutdown
the computer in 20 minutes after power failure. However, the power plan on
windows vista 32 bit is taking over and it shuts down the computer after 3
minutes. Is there anyway to fix this? Is it possible to disable vista's power
plan so the Belkin UPS can do it's thing?

 

[AJR]

Please believe me - I am not trying to be sarcastic - but why is there a
"Power Options" available in Control Panel?

Do the following: Start>Control Panel>Power options>Under whatever plan is
active click "Change plan settings">"Change advanced power settings "and
click away.

 

[Guest]

No Sarcasm taken! I have done all of that and for some reason, vista has
taken over my UPS. I have basically got the UPS to now stay on for at least
20 minutes but it insists that it must "Sleep" after that. I have shut off
every option that the vista power options have and it still goes to sleep.
The Belkin software is loaded and it's not what is putting my computer to
sleep. The UPS still has over 65% battery power left, so it's not as though
the UPS is out of juice. It has got to be vista doing it. I'll fool with it
some more and hopefully this sleep problem will be found. Thanks for all of
the reply's and help guys. I appreciate it!!

 

[mikeyhsd]

there is a service for power options, do not know its name, but a scan of the services might show it up.
STOP it and then change it to disabled and see if the situation improves.

65% power left when running normally is not good.



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No Sarcasm taken! I have done all of that and for some reason, vista has
taken over my UPS. I have basically got the UPS to now stay on for at least
20 minutes but it insists that it must "Sleep" after that. I have shut off
every option that the vista power options have and it still goes to sleep.
The Belkin software is loaded and it's not what is putting my computer to
sleep. The UPS still has over 65% battery power left, so it's not as though
the UPS is out of juice. It has got to be vista doing it. I'll fool with it
some more and hopefully this sleep problem will be found. Thanks for all of
the reply's and help guys. I appreciate it!!

 

[Guest]

Thanks mikeyhsd! What I ment to say was that after 20 minutes on battery
backup, it's at 65% battery life, which puzzled me as to why it would go to
sleep. I did find an option in the power options that says: Critical battery
power: Sleep / Shutdown. No other option but those two and it was set on
sleep. I'm thinking that's what is doing the sleep thing. All of the other
battery options have a "DO NOTHING" option but the critical battery option
does not give you that choice. It's either sleep or shutdown, so hopefully if
it's that, then I have some idea as to what is causing this problem.

 

[mikeyhsd]

good luck.



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Thanks mikeyhsd! What I ment to say was that after 20 minutes on battery
backup, it's at 65% battery life, which puzzled me as to why it would go to
sleep. I did find an option in the power options that says: Critical battery
power: Sleep / Shutdown. No other option but those two and it was set on
sleep. I'm thinking that's what is doing the sleep thing. All of the other
battery options have a "DO NOTHING" option but the critical battery option
does not give you that choice. It's either sleep or shutdown, so hopefully if
it's that, then I have some idea as to what is causing this problem.