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avonsurfer
Newbie (1 Posts)
5/15/2008 7:35:56 PM
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I'm hopeing you get this, I know it is an older post. I'm having a similar issue like this after installing SP3 (possibly could have been before). One day I went into my power schemes and most of the default ones and all of my custom ones are gone. The only 2 left are "Home/Home Office" and "Portable/Laptop" I can modify these and they will save, but anytime I create a new one it will show up, but will not save. I went into the registry listing below and noticed that all the defaults and even my custom ones are listed there, but yet they do not show up under Power Options. i would appreciate any help if anyone has also come accross this issue with SP3 or at all. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by djmc:
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Originally Posted by stevedonovan:
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Originally Posted by drawbars:
Here's some more info for future readers. I had a similar problem, except that in my case all of the power policies were NOT missing; only #0-5 were.
All of this is based on my WinXP Pro SP2 system, YMMV:
- It appears that one does not have to delete all of the power schemes to find this problem. I deleted the default schemes (0-5), after creating 4 more of my own. It would seem that if Power Scheme #0 is missing, the same problem occurs.
- To fix this, open REGEDIT and go to --
My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg
- Set the CurrentPowerPolicy variable to 0 (zero).
- Next, go to the Power Policies subfolder, and rename at least the first one on the list to "0". (I renamed mine as 0, 1, 2, and 3.)
- As long as there is a Power Policy 0, everything seems to work -- even if the next policy number say, 12.
Regards,
-BW
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I have just tried this as I have no power policies set. However, it does not appear to have had any effect. Have you any other ideas ?
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I had the same problem and after much frustration i tried an experiment and it worked perfectly. all you have to do is go to a second computer that has xp on it click on start and click run. type regedit in the window click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER . look for control panel and click on that.now look for PowerCfg. now right click on PowerCfg and select export. give the file a name and save it to the desk top. A reg file will be created with the power scheme settings. now burn this file to a disc and copy it to your desk top on your computer. (those on a network will have it a bit easier)now run the reg file and presto your power schemes will be back.
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Tom B.
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