Re: Welcome Screen Power Options

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Have you checked the Power Options in Control Panel?
On the Power Schemes tab there is a setting at the bottom that reads:
System Hibernates: possibly followed by a time period.
That would do it.

george


"MazMan" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:141901c53797$b8798c10$a401280a@xxxxxxxxxx
> The odd thing is that Windows will eventually go into
> Hibernation mode while on the welcome screen - I'm trying
> to figure out where the setting is that controls this.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>The only thing actually 'running' at that point in time
> in the OS. ie.
>>various services.
>>So if you would want to set anything at that point in
> time, you would have
>>to devise a way to have something like a
> registry 'update' automatically
>>running (unattended) as a service.
>>And then still, AFAIK these settings are user-related
> (contained in
>>HKCU\Desktop\PowerCfg), so for what user would you set
> them?
>>I'm not aware of locations in the registry that would
> relate to the system
>>itself.
>>
>>george
>>
>>
>>
>>"MazMan" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message
>>news:198301c53702$45dfe310$a601280a@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> That works ok for an individual user; I'm referring to
> a
>>> the setting the power options when a pc is just turned
> on
>>> and is sitting at the Welcome Screen, before anyone has
>>> logged on.
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>
>>>>"MazMan" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>> message
>>>>news:099801c53700$0646ad30$a501280a@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> How do I configue the Power Options for the XP
> Welcome
>>>>> (logon) screen (time to wait for Standby or
> Hibernation,
>>>>> etc.)
>>>>
>>>>Control panel, Power Options not what you're looking
>>> for???
>>>>
>>>>george
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>


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