Windows XP power management settings at logon?

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We have about 100 HP Compaq d530s small profile workstations we are
setting up for use in a business environment. They are preset from
the factory to go into standby after 15 minutes of inactivity. We
don't want this to happen. The power management settings in Windows
XP are per-user, so any new user created will get the default power
settings even if the user doesn't have access to change them.

Our fix was to replace the NTUSER.DAT files on the systems for
"Default User" and "All Users" with another compiled NTUSER.DAT file
which has different power settings, so that any new users created will
inherit its properties. We also have been changing the values in the
registry for Default User and Current User via script. We changed the
power profile in
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\0\Policies
and then updated
HKEY-USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\CurrentPowerPolicy
to point to policy 0.
We did the same for the current user.

I expected changing power settings for the default user to affect the
Windows logon prompt, but our systems still fall into standby mode
after 15 minutes of inactivity while sitting at the logon prompt. How
can I fix this??
We're using the systems on a domain and using the classic logon
prompt.

Thanks
 
| We have about 100 HP Compaq d530s small profile workstations we are
| setting up for use in a business environment. They are preset from
| the factory to go into standby after 15 minutes of inactivity. We
| don't want this to happen. The power management settings in Windows
| XP are per-user, so any new user created will get the default power
| settings even if the user doesn't have access to change them.
|
| Our fix was to replace the NTUSER.DAT files on the systems for
| "Default User" and "All Users" with another compiled NTUSER.DAT file
| which has different power settings, so that any new users created will
| inherit its properties. We also have been changing the values in the
| registry for Default User and Current User via script. We changed the
| power profile in
| HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\0\Policies
| and then updated
| HKEY-USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\CurrentPowerPolicy
| to point to policy 0.
| We did the same for the current user.
|
| I expected changing power settings for the default user to affect the
| Windows logon prompt, but our systems still fall into standby mode
| after 15 minutes of inactivity while sitting at the logon prompt. How
| can I fix this??
| We're using the systems on a domain and using the classic logon
| prompt.
|
| Thanks

How about here...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel
 
+-J said:
| We have about 100 HP Compaq d530s small profile workstations we are
| setting up for use in a business environment. They are preset from
| the factory to go into standby after 15 minutes of inactivity. We
| don't want this to happen. The power management settings in Windows
| XP are per-user, so any new user created will get the default power
| settings even if the user doesn't have access to change them.
|
| Our fix was to replace the NTUSER.DAT files on the systems for
| "Default User" and "All Users" with another compiled NTUSER.DAT file
| which has different power settings, so that any new users created will
| inherit its properties. We also have been changing the values in the
| registry for Default User and Current User via script. We changed the
| power profile in
| HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\0\Policies
| and then updated
| HKEY-USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\CurrentPowerPolicy
| to point to policy 0.
| We did the same for the current user.
|
| I expected changing power settings for the default user to affect the
| Windows logon prompt, but our systems still fall into standby mode
| after 15 minutes of inactivity while sitting at the logon prompt. How
| can I fix this??
| We're using the systems on a domain and using the classic logon
| prompt.
|
| Thanks

How about here...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel
Click to expand...

There are no power management settings in that key or in its subkeys.
Where do you suggest I change values?
 
| >
| > | We have about 100 HP Compaq d530s small profile workstations we are
| > | setting up for use in a business environment. They are preset from
| > | the factory to go into standby after 15 minutes of inactivity. We
| > | don't want this to happen. The power management settings in Windows
| > | XP are per-user, so any new user created will get the default power
| > | settings even if the user doesn't have access to change them.
| > |
| > | Our fix was to replace the NTUSER.DAT files on the systems for
| > | "Default User" and "All Users" with another compiled NTUSER.DAT file
| > | which has different power settings, so that any new users created will
| > | inherit its properties. We also have been changing the values in the
| > | registry for Default User and Current User via script. We changed the
| > | power profile in
| > | HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\0\Policies
| > | and then updated
| > | HKEY-USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\CurrentPowerPolicy
| > | to point to policy 0.
| > | We did the same for the current user.
| > |
| > | I expected changing power settings for the default user to affect the
| > | Windows logon prompt, but our systems still fall into standby mode
| > | after 15 minutes of inactivity while sitting at the logon prompt. How
| > | can I fix this??
| > | We're using the systems on a domain and using the classic logon
| > | prompt.
| > |
| > | Thanks
| >
| > How about here...
| > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel
| >
| > ---
| > Jan
|
| There are no power management settings in that key or in its subkeys.
| Where do you suggest I change values?

My PC has these subkeys besides the \PowerCfg in various HKEY_USERS*\...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TOSHIBA\Power Management\PowerCfg

You might have something like them as well,
e.g. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HP Compaq\Power Management\PowerCfg.
 
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