Power Options Properties greyed out - how can I change settings?

[Guest]

I have been using this Toshiba Satellite laptop for about 3 years now and
have never had a problem with it remaining on. This morning I had to
reformat the hard disk and now it is going into some kind of a standby mode
when it didn't before.

I tried to chance the power options properties but they are all greyed out.

I cannot figure out what to do. There is no problem with the battery and
the computer is plugged into the wall outlet.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Try opening event viewer for specific info to power options,you'll probably
see an event/warning for this..

 

[GHalleck]

I have been using this Toshiba Satellite laptop for about 3 years now and
have never had a problem with it remaining on. This morning I had to
reformat the hard disk and now it is going into some kind of a standby mode
when it didn't before.

I tried to chance the power options properties but they are all greyed out.

I cannot figure out what to do. There is no problem with the battery and
the computer is plugged into the wall outlet.

Any help would be appreciated.

After re-installing Windows XP, there is always the off-chance that some
proprietary drivers or utilities will need to be re-installed. Check the
laptop's manual for this requirement amongst its power-savings options.
If so, locate the utilities or drivers cdrom and install.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your reply but how exactly do you open the event viewer?

Thanks in advance,

Virginia