Power Save does not work

In order to save power and monitor, I set up Power Option
Properties/Power scheme/Turn off Monitor to "After 1 hour". But my
monitor turns off every 10 minutes. I tried other times setting--no
luck. Am I not doing right thing?

Sometimes, the timeout power-save mode for cutting power to the monitor is
overridden by the settings in your BIOS (system settings that can be
accessed at start of your PC's boot-up sequence.).

Other reasons for this could include; an override by a screensaver timeout
setting.

Or, it may be that the new power settings you made are simply not being
saved/applied properly - to check your current power profile settings ;
open a Command Prompt (by typing "cmd.exe" into the "Run" box on the Start
Menu), and type the following command at the prompt :-

powercfg.exe /QUERY

...and then press [Enter] You should see a set of results looking
something like this :


C:\powercfg.exe /QUERY

Field Description Value
----------------- -----
Name My Scheme
Numerical ID 2
Turn off monitor (AC) Never
Turn off monitor (DC) Never
Turn off hard disks (AC) After 15 mins
Turn off hard disks (DC) Never
System standby (AC) Never
System standby (DC) Never
System hibernates (AC) Never
System hibernates (DC) Never
Processor Throttle (AC) Not Supported
Processor Throttle (DC) Not Supported

...check the setting of ; "Turn off monitor" (AC / DC), and if it's not
set to the timeout you want it to be - you can set it directly, with the
[powercfg.exe] utility at the Command Prompt - Type: "powercfg.exe /?"
for usage instructions on how to do this.


==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Beyond X" wrote in message
...
In order to save power and monitor, I set up Power Option
Properties/Power scheme/Turn off Monitor to "After 1 hour". But my
monitor turns off every 10 minutes. I tried other times setting--no luck.
Am I not doing right thing?

Beyond X wrote, On 7/26/2013 6:13 AM:
In order to save power and monitor, I set up Power Option
Properties/Power scheme/Turn off Monitor to "After 1 hour". But my
monitor turns off every 10 minutes. I tried other times setting--no
luck. Am I not doing right thing?
A (long) while ago, I asked this group what power profile applied when
you were at the welcome screen. Two variations: at least one user logged
in vs. no user logged in. If your not using the welcome screen, what
profile applies and when. I am assuming that different logins might have
different power settings and was trying to better understand XP's actual
algorithm. I got no replies. However, I think you might want to look at
your various accounts and see if any settings seem similar to the
behavior you observe.

In addition, can anyone explain the internal workings of XP's power
management in re the profiles we set?

Tim Meddick wrote:
Sometimes, the timeout power-save mode for cutting power to the monitor
is overridden by the settings in your BIOS (system settings that can be
accessed at start of your PC's boot-up sequence.).

Other reasons for this could include; an override by a screensaver
timeout setting.

Or, it may be that the new power settings you made are simply not being
saved/applied properly - to check your current power profile settings ;
open a Command Prompt (by typing "cmd.exe" into the "Run" box on the
Start Menu), and type the following command at the prompt :-

powercfg.exe /QUERY

...and then press [Enter] You should see a set of results looking
something like this :


C:\powercfg.exe /QUERY

Field Description Value
----------------- -----
Name My Scheme
Numerical ID 2
Turn off monitor (AC) Never
Turn off monitor (DC) Never
Turn off hard disks (AC) After 15 mins
Turn off hard disks (DC) Never
System standby (AC) Never
System standby (DC) Never
System hibernates (AC) Never
System hibernates (DC) Never
Processor Throttle (AC) Not Supported
Processor Throttle (DC) Not Supported

...check the setting of ; "Turn off monitor" (AC / DC), and if it's
not set to the timeout you want it to be - you can set it directly, with
the [powercfg.exe] utility at the Command Prompt - Type: "powercfg.exe
/?" for usage instructions on how to do this.


==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)

Just for fun, this is my current output from powercfg.exe /query...

Field Description Value
----------------- -----
Name Always On
Numerical ID 3
Turn off monitor (AC) Never
Turn off monitor (DC) After 15 mins
Turn off hard disks (AC) Never
Turn off hard disks (DC) After 30 mins
System standby (AC) Never
System standby (DC) Never
System hibernates (AC) Never
System hibernates (DC) Never
Processor Throttle (AC) NONE
Processor Throttle (DC) NONE

If I go to the Power control panel, these are
the schema options I see. If I was running RMClock,
there would be one extra one (so a program can
add an additional profile for you - you're not
limited to the system ones).

Home/Office Desk
Portable/Laptop
Presentation
Always On -------------- as selected in Power control panel
Minimal Power Management
Max Battery

In the above query results, notice that "AC" setting
is different from "DC" setting. If you use a laptop,
AC applies when the adapter is plugged in. DC applies
when you're running off the battery. Notice how the
policy setting is attempting to save power when
I'm on battery. But since this is actually a desktop
computer, in fact I can never be in "DC" mode. The
desktop is permanently "AC" mode. So in fact, my
Always On is custom modified to never save power.
Screen never goes off. Disks continue spinning.

So if the behavior was unexplained, I'd want to
determine whether the problem was a "DC" or "AC" one.
If you're on a desktop, there is no "DC", just "AC".

I'd have to fire up my laptop, to see if the Power
control panel on it, differed in some way from what
I see here.

Paul

"Beyond X" wrote in message ...
In order to save power and monitor, I set up Power Option
Properties/Power scheme/Turn off Monitor to "After 1 hour". But my
monitor turns off every 10 minutes. I tried other times setting--no
luck. Am I not doing right thing?

As suggested by another poster, right-click a blank area of the desktop, click "Properties",
"Screen Saver" and make sure the screen saver is set to "None".

Ben