Importing Power Settings?

[-=Sojourn=-]

Hi I like to switch my power settings for toggling between
switching off the monitor between "After 1 min" and "After 20 min"
depending if I know I am going to be away for any length of time, or
not.

Is there an easy way to do his with importing exported keys from the
registry?

Thanks

 

[Austin M. Horst]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg
String Value name: CurrentPowerPolicy
Value data: (number) depends on the configurations that are setup on your PC.

You have to save a separate policy (power scheme) for both "After 1 min" and "After 20 min".
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/pwrmn_choose_power_scheme.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/pwrmn_create_new_power_scheme.htm

Change the power settings to your "After 1 min" policy.
Export the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg branch to a .reg file (i.e. 1min.reg).
Change the power settings to your "After 20 min" policy and export the branch to a .reg file again (different file name, i.e.
20min.reg).


Austin M. Horst