windows XP wont save my power management settings?

I have this really annoying problem with winxp, it wont save my settings in power management to "Always On" which is max performance :/ no matter how many times I set it, or make new profiles and such.. just goes back to "portable/laptop" after reboot.

I actually have the exact same problem on my girlfriends laptop, but this time its Vista which wont save the settings, and always are putting it back to "balanced".

Arent there any way to force Windows to use a sertain mode?

-Thanks

 

Are you running as the administrator?

 

ofcause, and always.

 

XP Pro or Home? SP1 or SP2? Have you done anything to the operating sytem (removed components, altered the registry)? Has this always been a problem?

 

I'm having the exact same problem sadly...Seeing as how I'm an IT specialist, it seems kinda silly to be foiled by such a stupid issue but I can't find a solution. I'm running XP Pro SP2 on a Toshiba A215-S4697 with no reg edits or conflicting programs.

 

The same question for you: has this always been a problem?

 

Yep. My unit came preloaded with Vista Home Basic and I formatted it and installed XP Home SP2. This only happened with XP, there wasn't this problem with Vista.

 

Did you get all of the necessary laptop drivers and software? I don't know about Toshiba laptops, but on my Dell e1705 I have to install quite a few drivers and software packs before XP runs correctly. As a guess, I'd say perhaps the notebook system software isn't installed correctly, which could interfere with the power saving settings.

 

Good point. I did have to install some of the drivers myself. Let me try an alternate display driver...

 

I had the same issue on my HP, I found a default power settings service pack on their page, seem to fix my issue

 

Ahhh me too!!! But with me I can't change the power management settings in the thinkpad power management control center. I can create new profiles apply them but, as soon as I go back in it has reverted back to thinkpad default. My specs are in my sig, can anyone help me with this one??

 

What exactly does the power schemes in XP decide? I know that Vista had superior power-saving features in that it automatically clocked down your processors and GPU while running on battery but I thought the XP power management features only decided the "turn off hard drives", "turn of screen" and "go to sleep mode" times? I don't see any difference in perfomance setting my power scheme to full power or whatever it's called anyway.

 

xp works the same way, only difference is that xp has alot more to choose from, and most of them will do the same, unless you pick a powersave/laptop batt. save management, then it will work as in vista.

 

I don't think that is true. I don't see the XP documentation saying anywhere that the power saving feature does anything else than the "turn off screen", "turn off HDD" and "go to standby" modes...

I do know however that most nvidia GPU drivers provide a feature called PowerMizer (For XP systems, since Vista does this automatically) that clocks down your GPU when you're unplugged.

 

New processors (Intel SpeedStep, for instance) operate at different power levels, depending on the scheme selected. When on the portable/laptop setting, the processor is in an intelligent mode, selecting the necessary performance state based on demand. In presentation mode, the processor starts out slow and slows down even more.

In addition, some laptops have custom power schemes that also manipulate screen brightness. The Dell QuickSet Power Management Wizard, for instance, adds display brightness to the power scheme, which means that when a laptop goes from A/C to battery, the brightness will automatically switch to a lower level, helping to conserve battery power.

 

Did your laptop always do this, or did it start after a reformat? If you have reformatted, did you install all of the necessary laptop drivers/software packages?

 

Has always done this....

 

Solution found. I recommend to look at the provided links before resorting to the registry edits. http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/47716/47716.html

 

Nice find, Thanks!!

 

I'm having this same issue, but with Vista 32bit....any solutions?