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Thanks a bunch for that Austin. I'm familiar with hex, so I'm going to
search for these keys and save the existing ones before I script the "=0"
settings.
Thanks again.
Dave W.
"Austin M. Horst" <anonymous@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Use two .reg files; one to turn off the power settings, the other to turn
> on the settings.
> To execute a .reg file; double-click it and click [Yes] when prompted to
> write the data to the registry.
>
> Code to turn off the screensaver and leave monitor & hard disks on:
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> - - -
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
> "ScreenSaveActive"="0"
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg]
> "CurrentPowerPolicy"="0"
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\0]
> "Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,\
>
> 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,01,00,00,32,32,00,00,02,00,00,00,02,00,\
>
> 00,00,60,00,00,00,43,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00,2c,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,58,02,00,\
> 00,00,00,64,64,64,64,65,00
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> - - -
>
> Copy the 13 lines within the hyphens - - - above (I'm counting the 3 blank
> lines, do not copy the hyphens - - -)
> Paste it into Notepad
> Save the file with a .reg extension (i.e. Off.reg) It does not matter
> where you save the file.
>
> The power setting are in hexadecimal. Just tell me how many hours or
> minutes you want each of these:
> Turn off monitor ?
> Turn off hard disks ?
> System standby ?
>
> I'll convert it and plug it into the string of numbers in the "Policies"
> value.
>
> The "off" setting was easy. All three are set to "Never".
> That's why I could provide the "Off.reg" code already.
>
> I'll send you the code for "On.reg" when you tell me the three settings
> that you want:
> Turn off monitor: Must be between 1min - 5hrs or Never
> Turn off hard disks: Must be between 3min - 5hrs or Never
> System standby: Must be between 1min - 5hrs or Never
>
> I can send both files by e-mail if you wish. Let me know.
> I'll also reply to the group.
>
>
> Austin M. Horst
>
>