StandBy Mode

[WNelson28]

Has anoybody out there ever seen an issue with XP Pro SP2 that despite the power settings being set to never for absolutely everything, it still goes into standby after 30 mins?

Checked bios settings and there are no options in there to alter standby mode etc so is all run via XP. The systems are all Dell D610's....

Any help appreciated

 

[captaincrunch00]

Is it hibernate mode, or is it Stand By?

In the screensaver properties, hit Power Options, then check the advanced and Hibernate tabs.

 

[WNelson28]

Shows the same thing as when you look at it via control panel. Current scheme is Laptop, all settings set to never, hibernation is enabled, all standby settings turned off.

Not sure if I'm missing something but surely if the standby setting is set to never then that suggests it should never go into standby...

 

[bcastner]

And the BIOS settings?

And is this true both on battery and on mains power, or only on battery?


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[WNelson28]

There is no option in the bios of this particular machine, a dell 610, well not that I can see anyway. And the system goes into standby on both mains and battery, well, not the system, all 25 of them!

Those of them that have local admin rights are NOT affected by this problem, the rest of them that are have the setting applied in the registry (HKCU) at logon.

 

[jimp56]

there are definitely bios power settings for the D610 - you have to "alt-p" to cycle through the pages to see them. with that being said, i thought ACPI overrode (or could) those settings anyway?

 

[WNelson28]

Double checked in the bios and there are no standby settings at all in the bios. It seems that the settings are being applied into the registry via the script but that it's not applying them...any ideas?

 

[bcastner]

Copy/paste the below into a new Notepad session. Then do a File, Save as, C:\power_test.cmd

POWERCFG /SETACTIVE 1 /N
POWERCFG /HIBERNATE OFF
POWERCFG /X 1 /N /monitor-timeout-ac 0
POWERCFG /X 1 /N /monitor-timeout-dc 0
POWERCFG /X 1 /N /disk-timeout-ac 0
POWERCFG /X 1 /N /disk-timeout-dc 0
POWERCFG /X 1 /N /standby-timeout-ac 0
POWERCFG /X 1 /N /standby-timeout-dc 0
POWERCFG /X 1 /N /hibernate-timeout-ac 0
POWERCFG /X 1 /N /hibernate-timeout-dc 0
POWERCFG /X 0 /N /processor-throttle-ac none
POWERCFG /X 0 /N /monitor-timeout-ac 0
POWERCFG /X 0 /N /monitor-timeout-dc 0
POWERCFG /X 0 /N /disk-timeout-ac 0
POWERCFG /X 0 /N /disk-timeout-dc 0
POWERCFG /X 0 /N /standby-timeout-ac 0
POWERCFG /X 0 /N /standby-timeout-dc 0
POWERCFG /X 0 /N /hibernate-timeout-ac 0
POWERCFG /X 0 /N /hibernate-timeout-dc 0
POWERCFG /B critical /ACTIVATE on /LEVEL 3 /TEXT ON /SOUND ON /FORCEACTION ON /ACTION NONE
POWERCFG /B low /ACTIVATE ON /LEVEL 10 /TEXT ON /SOUND ON /ACTION NONE
POWERCFG /G ON /OPTION VIDEODIM
POWERCFG /G ON /OPTION BATTERYICON
POWERCFG /G ON /OPTION MULTIBATTERY
POWERCFG /G ON /OPTION RESUMEPASSWORD
POWERCFG /X 0 /N /processor-throttle-dc none
POWERCFG /X 1 /N /processor-throttle-ac none
POWERCFG /X 1 /N /processor-throttle-dc none

Start, Run, c:\power_test.cmd

Tell us what happens (does not happen?) over time.



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[WNelson28]

This would require power user/admin rights though wouldn't it?

 

[bcastner]

I was asking you to test it.
The settings themselves are persistent.

Users must be logged on as an administrator or a member of either the Administrators or Power Users group in order to adjust power management settings. This could be a temporary change in account type, just long enough to configure power options.

Alternatively, you could wrap the .CMD file in a Runas wrapper and include the result in a logon script. (Remember: it really only needs to be run once). For a suitable Runas wrapper, see Forum member Greg Palmer's freeeware utility:

http://www.palmersoft.co.uk/software/runasuser.asp

Alternatively, members of the Users group (or individual users) can be given full control permission of the relevant registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\ControlsFolder\PowerCfg

And if you need to configure multiple computers across a network without having to visit each one, perhaps the following can help you formulate a solution:

KB324347 - How to Use Powercfg.exe in Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winsvr2003&scid=kb;en-us;324347

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[cdogg]

Shows the same thing as when you look at it via control panel. Current scheme is Laptop, all settings set to never, hibernation is enabled, all standby settings turned off.

You said hibernation was enabled. I assume that you've tried turning this off?

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[WNelson28]

Many thanks for all your responses here folks but still no joy I'm afraid. Tried using RunAs but that fails I have also tried, via GPO to alter the permissions on the reg key above and none of them seem to work at all. System still goes in to standby after 20 mins...boo hiss