Re: Power schemes were deleted please help me

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Dear Frodo,

I sweated over the same problem for several weeks; your simple solution was
a godsend. Thanks a million.

Mai govannen!


"frodo@xxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

> I have seen this happen before, the only fix is to edit the registry back
> to the default values. Here they are, directions at end:
>
> -----begin cut------
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies]
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies]
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\0]
> "Name"="Home/Office Desk"
> "Description"="This scheme is suited to most home or desktop computers
> that are left plugged in all the time."
> "Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,\
>
> 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,01,00,00,32,32,00,03,02,00,00,00,02,00,\
>
> 00,00,00,00,3d,77,2e,f2,06,00,b0,04,00,00,2c,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,58,02,00,\
> 00,00,00,64,64,64,64,91,7c
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\1]
> "Name"="Portable/Laptop"
> "Description"="This scheme is designed for extended battery life for
> portable computers on the road."
> "Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,\
>
> 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,04,00,00,2c,01,00,00,32,32,03,03,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
>
> 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,84,03,00,00,2c,01,00,00,08,07,00,00,2c,01,00,\
> 00,01,01,64,50,64,64,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\2]
> "Name"="Presentation"
> "Description"="This scheme keeps the monitor on for doing presentations."
> "Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,\
>
> 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,84,03,00,00,32,32,03,02,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
>
> 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,01,00,\
> 00,01,01,50,50,64,64,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\3]
> "Name"="Always On"
> "Description"="This scheme keeps the computer running so that it can be
> accessed from the network. Use this scheme if you do not have network
> wakeup
>
> hardware."
> "Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,\
>
> 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,32,32,00,00,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
>
> 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,04,00,00,84,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,08,07,00,\
> 00,00,01,64,64,64,64,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\4]
> "Name"="Minimal Power Management"
> "Description"="This scheme keeps the computer on and optimizes it for high
> performance."
> "Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,\
>
> 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,01,00,00,32,32,03,03,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
>
> 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,84,03,00,00,2c,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,84,03,00,\
> 00,00,01,64,64,64,64,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\5]
> "Name"="Max Battery"
> "Description"="This scheme is extremely aggressive for saving power."
> "Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,05,\
>
> 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,04,00,00,78,00,00,00,32,32,03,02,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
>
> 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,84,03,00,00,3c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b4,00,00,\
> 00,01,01,64,32,64,64,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg]
> "CurrentPowerPolicy"="0"
>
> -----end cut----
>
> directions:
>
> 1) open notepad.exe to a new document, and ensure format | word wrap is
> NOT checked
>
> 2) cut the text between the marks above, and paste into notepad.
>
> 3) VERIFY that each of the "description=" strings is on a single (long)
> line; you'll need to use backspace to piece these long line back
> together, since posting here forced wordwrap. check other lines too, the
> "hex" lines should end w/ a backslash (no backslash in middle of a line),
> if not fix them up too. [backslash is the "continues on next line" signal
> character for these long hex lines].
>
> 4) once you've reviewed the file and are confidant it's good, save it as
> POW.REG (the .reg part is important, any name will do).
>
> 5) right-click the .reg file and choose MERGE. click ok twice to make the
> change. you're reg should now be fixed. go into control panel | power
> and verify.
>
> note this fixes the reg for the current user only; if you have another
> account that has the same issue log into it and repeat. also, it assumes
> you are set up for the english language.
>
> good luck.
>
.

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