Power Management on WinXP

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peergynt_lwb

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Hi,

My computer keeps going into Standby mode, and then asks for my user password to log back in. I don't want this! :mad:

I tried changing it in the Power Options Properties dialog, logged-in as administrator, but it didn't work globally; the unwanted effect is still present under the user account.

Unfortunately, the user account doesn't have enough privileges to make changes in the Power Ops dialog. So, what to do?

Any help, Pleeeaaasssseeee :)
 
Quick fix..... temporary change the account to administrator account and then change power options to what you want and then go back and put the account back to limited account. I've had to do that to get a game to install properly on a limited account.
 
Any way you can give your user account Administrator status? If you can do that then do the below and it should stop asking for a password:

Go into "Control Panel"

Enter your "Display"

Click on "Screen Saver" tab

Then click on "Power"

Then select the "Advanced" tab

Uncheck the box by option "Prompt for password when computer resumes from stand by"
 
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Thanks, that was a great answer. I was able to change the settings, and they stayed set after changing user permissions back to normal and rebooting.

But, it still requires a password each time I wake-up the screen. This is despite having cleared the appropriate checkmark in the power management dialog.

Thanks anyway, but it appears that WinXP Home is junk! :mad:
 
Thanks to you too, Megabytes. It seems the power management dialog is the same one as the display dialog you mentioned.

But yeah, unfortunately no luck either way :confused:
 
You can set your system to not hibernate at all or set your screen saver to start in 9999 minutes. Of course you will have no screen saver but it will eliminate the problem. As long as you shut your computer down when you're done with it a screen saver won't be an issue.
 
Hey, I figured it out!

The solution was rather simple. Aside from going to:
Display Properties--->Screen Saver--->Power...--->Power Options Properties---> Advanced
and removing the 'password' checkmark,

I also went to:
Display Properties--->Screen Saver
and removed the 'welcome screen' checkmark.

The second part doesn't indicate anything about passwords, so I guess that's what threw me off initially. BTW, all the other stuff can be however you want it---monitor, hard disks, standby, (don't know about hibernate though).

Thanks for all the suggestions! Hope this helps someone else :)
 
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