Hello -
On my Windows XP Pro (SP2) machine, the power off for the monitor is
not working when I am logged out and at the login screen.
I found the followinghttp://
www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/1275
(Enable Monitor Power-off on the Logon Screen) but even after making
these changes and rebooting, the monitor will not turn off.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Joe
Unless something is terribly wrong, you do not need to edit the
registry to get this to work.
Check in Start, Settings, Control Panel, Power Options and the Turn
off monitor section.
The key word is "inactivity".
Set it to whatever you want, save it, logoff and wait that amount of
time and see what happens.
If you just logoff and expect the monitor to turn off, that may not be
enough inactivity to satisfy the configured definition of inactivity.
Nope ... I tried the Power Options first but those won't work when
you're logged out because your user profile isn't active. That's what
the article on pctools.com addresses. However, their solution does
not seem to work either.
Thanks,
Joe
Hmmm. I tried it here for a 1 minute time with the pctools.comchange
and it works just fine...
It works okay when you stay logged in after the inacvtivity time?- Hide quoted text -
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Hello -
Yep ... when I stay logged in, it works just fine. Only if I logout
and Windows waits at the login screen without every going into the
power-off mode. Would it make a difference that instead of the login
prompt, a legal notice dialog is shown? This dialog is defined in the
LegalNoticeCaption & LegalNoticeText registry keys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
\Winlogon.
Thanks,
Joe
I just used the pctools idea. I did not need to do the
CurrentPowerPolicy - already set to zero.
Rebooted.
I set my inactivity time to one minute, logged in as me, waited one
minute, monitor power save mode kicks in (still logged in).
I logged myself out, sitting on logon screen (Administrator and me),
waited one minute, monitor power save mode kicks in.
Here you can see the stuff I changed marked with <--here.
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ActiveWndTrkTimeout"=dword:00000000
"AutoEndTasks"="0"
"CaretWidth"=dword:00000001
"CoolSwitch"="1"
"CoolSwitchColumns"="7"
"CoolSwitchRows"="3"
"CursorBlinkRate"="530"
"DragFullWindows"="2"
"DragHeight"="4"
"DragWidth"="4"
"FontSmoothing"="2"
"FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000001
"ForegroundFlashCount"=dword:00000003
"ForegroundLockTimeout"=dword:00030d40
"GridGranularity"="0"
"HungAppTimeout"="5000"
"LowPowerActive"="0"
"LowPowerTimeOut"="0"
"MenuShowDelay"="400"
"PaintDesktopVersion"=dword:00000000
"Pattern"="(None)"
"PowerOffActive"="1" <---here
"PowerOffTimeOut"="0"
"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"
"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="600"
"ScreenSaveActive"="1" <---here
"SCRNSAVE.EXE"="(None)" <---here
"TileWallpaper"="0"
"UserPreferencesMask"=hex:9e,3e,03,80
"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="20000"
"Wallpaper"="(None)"
"WallpaperStyle"="2"
"OriginalWallpaper"=""
"WheelScrollLines"="3"
Both my legalnotice values in HKLM are blank (empty).
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