Force disable of power management on network card?

[Gregg Hill]

Hello!

I have a few XP Pro SP3 computers on an ancient SBS 2000 domain and I am
trying to prevent the workstations from EVER going to sleep or turning off
the NIC so that they can be accessed remotely at any time.

I cannot find a group policy to disable the "Allow the computer to turn off
this device..." setting. I have "powercfg /hibernate off" in the login
script to prevent hibernation. I also need to stop all NICs from going to
sleep. I can uncheck the boxes to not allow them to be put to sleep, but
something re-enables that feature within a few minutes or upon reboot.

Power schemes are all set to Always On.

Any ideas?

Thank you!

Gregg

--
Gregg's pet peeves:

First of all, what does a peeve look like, and why would anyone want one as
a pet?

Peeve #1: Apostrophes: when in doubt, leave them out! You will be correct
more often than not.

Its = Belonging to it. For example, "Look at the sky. Its color is blue."
It's = It is. For example, "It's hot today."
It's = It has. For example, "It's been nice talking to you."
Its' = completely incorrect usage. Stop it!


Peeve #2: Your vs. You're
"Your" means belonging to you, as in, "It's your truck."
"You're" means "You are." Example, you're probably about ready to throttle
me for this peeve!

 

[Anteaus]

If its helping, the registry key controlling this appears to be:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000n

(Where n determines the device ordinal, you need to find the right one)

The difference between powersave on and off seems to be that the
PnPCapabilities value is increased by 0x8 (30>38 hex) when powersave is
deactivated.

There is also a 'PhyPowerdown' value but Im foxed as to its purpose.

The problem with LAN-card powersave rearing its ugly head is a common one.
Powersave can give rise to a number of LAN problems too, if its' ON then I
suspect you may get issues like drive-mappings mysteriously disappearing, etc.

Best I can do, hope its of help.

 

[SC Tom]

Hello!

I have a few XP Pro SP3 computers on an ancient SBS 2000 domain and I am
trying to prevent the workstations from EVER going to sleep or turning off
the NIC so that they can be accessed remotely at any time.

I cannot find a group policy to disable the "Allow the computer to turn
off this device..." setting. I have "powercfg /hibernate off" in the login
script to prevent hibernation. I also need to stop all NICs from going to
sleep. I can uncheck the boxes to not allow them to be put to sleep, but
something re-enables that feature within a few minutes or upon reboot.

Power schemes are all set to Always On.

Any ideas?

Thank you!

Gregg

--
Gregg's pet peeves:

First of all, what does a peeve look like, and why would anyone want one
as a pet?

Peeve #1: Apostrophes: when in doubt, leave them out! You will be correct
more often than not.

Its = Belonging to it. For example, "Look at the sky. Its color is blue."
It's = It is. For example, "It's hot today."
It's = It has. For example, "It's been nice talking to you."
Its' = completely incorrect usage. Stop it!


Peeve #2: Your vs. You're
"Your" means belonging to you, as in, "It's your truck."
"You're" means "You are." Example, you're probably about ready to throttle
me for this peeve!

Add this to your pet peeves (or I should add it to mine):

The use of "alot" for "a lot", as in "There is a lot of good info here."
Not to be confused with "allot", as in "I need to allot a lot of money for
the new mortgage."

 

[Gregg Hill]

Thank you. I'll look into that information.

Gregg Hill



--
Gregg's pet peeves:

First of all, what does a peeve look like, and why would anyone want one as
a pet?

Peeve #1: Apostrophes: when in doubt, leave them out! You will be correct
more often than not.

Its = Belonging to it. For example, "Look at the sky. Its color is blue."
It's = It is. For example, "It's hot today."
It's = It has. For example, "It's been nice talking to you."
Its' = completely incorrect usage. Stop it!


Peeve #2: Your vs. You're
"Your" means belonging to you, as in, "It's your truck."
"You're" means "You are." Example, you're probably about ready to throttle
me for this peeve!

 

[Gregg Hill]

Oh, yes, that is one of my favorites. I ask people, Would you say "adog" or
"acat"? Another one is "prolly" instead of probably...I actually had that
one spoken to me, not just seeing is as a bastardized shortening.

Gregg



--
Gregg's pet peeves:

First of all, what does a peeve look like, and why would anyone want one as
a pet?

Peeve #1: Apostrophes: when in doubt, leave them out! You will be correct
more often than not.

Its = Belonging to it. For example, "Look at the sky. Its color is blue."
It's = It is. For example, "It's hot today."
It's = It has. For example, "It's been nice talking to you."
Its' = completely incorrect usage. Stop it!


Peeve #2: Your vs. You're
"Your" means belonging to you, as in, "It's your truck."
"You're" means "You are." Example, you're probably about ready to throttle
me for this peeve!

 

[SC Tom]

And I'm certainly glad we had a chance to conversate LOL!!

 

[Gregg Hill]

Of course, my lack of typing ability took over when I attempted to type
"...not just seeing it as a..." in my last reply.

Gregg

--
Gregg's pet peeves:

First of all, what does a peeve look like, and why would anyone want one as
a pet?

Peeve #1: Apostrophes: when in doubt, leave them out! You will be correct
more often than not.

Its = Belonging to it. For example, "Look at the sky. Its color is blue."
It's = It is. For example, "It's hot today."
It's = It has. For example, "It's been nice talking to you."
Its' = completely incorrect usage. Stop it!


Peeve #2: Your vs. You're
"Your" means belonging to you, as in, "It's your truck."
"You're" means "You are." Example, you're probably about ready to throttle
me for this peeve!