Power Options missing

[JudgeRein]

Need someone to undo what I probably did.

New Toshiba M35 S320 came with Windows XP Home installed.
Toshiba Power Saver problem - absent - after upgrading to
Wondows XP Pro
Unable to reinstall without getting message: Fatal Error
Occurred 0x51A
Have been in touch with Toshiba - they tell me to format
and reinstall Windows XP Home and all programs. I refuse.

Now Control Panel / Power Options / Power Schemes -- only
shows: portable/laptop and intervideoDVD and none of the
other options usually present.
May I employ you, will be glad to pay for time if can help me.

Judge Harry Rein

(e-mail address removed)
407 - 333 4444
Can ONLY be reached by email or phone.
Thank you.

 

[CS]

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 09:34:37 -0700, "JudgeRein"

Unfortunately, Toshiba like so many large computer makers have
contracted their technical support off shore somewhere. It seems
their solution to fixing things is to re-install.

However, in your situation, unless you can download the proper
software from Toshiba to get your power saver functions working once
again, those functions will not be available. The power saver utility
is proprietary to Toshiba. I'm not familiar with your model notebook,
(mine is a different model), but I do know the video, sound, and power
saver utilities are all proprietary.

Have you tried getting on the Toshiba web site and looking for the
drivers and software you need? Here's the URL:

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp

Click on downloads and then identify your model computer and select
GO. I just did that for your particular machine and it shows many
downloads for BIOS, drivers, etc. Give it a try and post back.

Regards.

 

[Anon]

Be carefull when following these directions, Following these directions
incorrectly can cause damage sometimes to the point where you're computer
won't boot, so do it at your own risk.

but go to start/run/ and type "regedt32" (no quotes).

This should open the registry editor. Navigate to

Hkey_Current_User\controlpanel\powercfg\powerpolicies\

What subkeys do you see? You should see 0,1,2,3,4,5 and probably more.

If you see more, then make a backup. Go to the "powerpolicies" key, right
click, and choose export. Give it a filename like regbackup.reg

Now delete any extra subkeys with number over 5, such as 6, 7, or 8. Close
the registry editor.

See if your power profiles are present now. If, not, then double click your
backup file to restore the subkeys back to the orginal state.

BTW. Most help here is free.


If you don't feel like following those directions, then go to the power
management control panel and delete any power profiles that aren't built
into windows, such as the DVD one. Close and reopen power management and
see if the built in ones re-appear.

OR, you can always create your own custom profile. Simply select the power
management options you want and click "save as" then apply the new profile.
This will create a new profile to your liking.

 

[Kelly]

Try the edit on line 204 (right hand side)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Ted Guest]

Thank you Kelly.

Try the edit on line 204 (right hand side)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

--
All the Best,
Kelly

This worked.

Of course i did have to do a little guesing as to how similar the various methods and storage locations of the data are in the registry.

To make a long story short, i had to remove all the Power Policies, over 5 from mainly the HKCU and HKU/.DEFAULT PowerCfg sections in the registry.

Other than that... the registry hack works, i believe you should backup the exiting keys;
a.k.a.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
and then delete them.

Then, applying the patch will restore the original configuration of power profiles. (theoretically)

That's been my experience..
and i'd recommend kelly's-korner to anyone in need of some registry goodness.

 

[buntaro]

Be carefull when following these directions, Following these directions
incorrectly can cause damage sometimes to the point where you're computer
won't boot, so do it at your own risk.

but go to start/run/ and type "regedt32" (no quotes).

This should open the registry editor. Navigate to

Hkey_Current_User\controlpanel\powercfg\powerpolicies\

What subkeys do you see? You should see 0,1,2,3,4,5 and probably more.

If you see more, then make a backup. Go to the "powerpolicies" key, right
click, and choose export. Give it a filename like regbackup.reg

Now delete any extra subkeys with number over 5, such as 6, 7, or 8. Close
the registry editor.

See if your power profiles are present now. If, not, then double click your
backup file to restore the subkeys back to the orginal state.

BTW. Most help here is free.


If you don't feel like following those directions, then go to the power
management control panel and delete any power profiles that aren't built
into windows, such as the DVD one. Close and reopen power management and
see if the built in ones re-appear.

OR, you can always create your own custom profile. Simply select the power
management options you want and click "save as" then apply the new profile.
This will create a new profile to your liking.

This is a superb post, and thank you very much for this. It fixed my problem nicely.