Power schemes have disappeared !!!

Every single one of my power schemes in XP Home version have disappeared and
I want to know how to restore/create/set them again. I work from a laptop
and switch between Laptop scheme when on battery to Home Office scheme when
plugged in at home but I haven't done anything to warrant the total
disappearance of the power schemes. I'm very perplexed!!
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Belle

"Southern Belle" wrote in message
...
Every single one of my power schemes in XP Home version have disappeared and
I want to know how to restore/create/set them again. I work from a laptop
and switch between Laptop scheme when on battery to Home Office scheme when
plugged in at home but I haven't done anything to warrant the total
disappearance of the power schemes. I'm very perplexed!!
--
Belle

First off, go to Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - System
Restore and create a restore point before following the procedure outlined
below.

Now, go to Start - Run and enter regedit.exe in the Open box. Click OK.
In the Registry Editor, click on the + signs in the left hand pane to navigate
to the following location.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies

Under this registry key you should see 6 subkeys numbered 0 through 5. These
represent the default power schemes that come with XP. Any subkeys numbered 6 or
more represent power schemes created by the user. If you find any numbered 6 or
more, right click on each one and select Delete from the menu. In the end you
should only have the subkeys numbered 0 to 5 remaining under the PowerPolicies
registry key.

Do the same for this registry key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Controls
Folder\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies

If it turns out that this doesn't help with your problem, download and run this
registry fix.

Line 204, right hand column, Restore Power Schemes/Configurations
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan

Hi Belle,

If you have Service Pack 2 installed, then see:

Power scheme options are unavailable on a Windows XP-based computer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913622

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"Southern Belle" wrote in message
...
Every single one of my power schemes in XP Home version have disappeared
and
I want to know how to restore/create/set them again. I work from a laptop
and switch between Laptop scheme when on battery to Home Office scheme
when
plugged in at home but I haven't done anything to warrant the total
disappearance of the power schemes. I'm very perplexed!!
--
Belle

Thanks Nepatsfan, the registry fix from kellys korner fixed the problem.
--
Belle


"Nepatsfan" wrote:

"Southern Belle" wrote in message
...
Every single one of my power schemes in XP Home version have disappeared and
I want to know how to restore/create/set them again. I work from a laptop
and switch between Laptop scheme when on battery to Home Office scheme when
plugged in at home but I haven't done anything to warrant the total
disappearance of the power schemes. I'm very perplexed!!
--
Belle

First off, go to Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - System
Restore and create a restore point before following the procedure outlined
below.

Now, go to Start - Run and enter regedit.exe in the Open box. Click OK.
In the Registry Editor, click on the + signs in the left hand pane to navigate
to the following location.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies

Under this registry key you should see 6 subkeys numbered 0 through 5. These
represent the default power schemes that come with XP. Any subkeys numbered 6 or
more represent power schemes created by the user. If you find any numbered 6 or
more, right click on each one and select Delete from the menu. In the end you
should only have the subkeys numbered 0 to 5 remaining under the PowerPolicies
registry key.

Do the same for this registry key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Controls
Folder\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies

If it turns out that this doesn't help with your problem, download and run this
registry fix.

Line 204, right hand column, Restore Power Schemes/Configurations
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan

You're welcome. Thanks for letting us know you were able to fix this problem.

"Southern Belle" wrote in message
...
Thanks Nepatsfan, the registry fix from kellys korner fixed the problem.
--
Belle


"Nepatsfan" wrote:

"Southern Belle" wrote in message
...
Every single one of my power schemes in XP Home version have disappeared
and
I want to know how to restore/create/set them again. I work from a laptop
and switch between Laptop scheme when on battery to Home Office scheme when
plugged in at home but I haven't done anything to warrant the total
disappearance of the power schemes. I'm very perplexed!!
--
Belle

First off, go to Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools -
System
Restore and create a restore point before following the procedure outlined
below.

Now, go to Start - Run and enter regedit.exe in the Open box. Click OK.
In the Registry Editor, click on the + signs in the left hand pane to
navigate
to the following location.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies

Under this registry key you should see 6 subkeys numbered 0 through 5. These
represent the default power schemes that come with XP. Any subkeys numbered 6
or
more represent power schemes created by the user. If you find any numbered 6
or
more, right click on each one and select Delete from the menu. In the end you
should only have the subkeys numbered 0 to 5 remaining under the
PowerPolicies
registry key.

Do the same for this registry key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Controls
Folder\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies

If it turns out that this doesn't help with your problem, download and run
this
registry fix.

Line 204, right hand column, Restore Power Schemes/Configurations
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan