Power Saving

[GAT]

I've noticed that when I do an unattended install of Windows, everything seems to work just fine, except I don't have any power saving options. I like to have my monitor turn "off" after 20 or 30 minutes. I also use the Suspend mode nearly every night (so I can turn my fans down without worrying about overheating). Is there something I need to make sure I don't unintentionally disable or delete that controls this?

Any help on this would be appreciated.

Thanks,

GAT

[prathapml]

GAT, I've noticed that if any drivers for any device is missing, then the power-saving options and hibernate/suspend options aren't offered.

So try checking for and installing drivers for all of the hardware residing/connected to your PC.

[GAT]

I have not added any device drivers, nor have I delelted the drivers already packaged with WinXP. Information I forgot to include in the first post is I am using a slipstreamed (with SP2) of XP Pro. I don't know if that will make a difference or not. I am currently using the latest nLite to do all of the necessary work for creating an ISO and testing it in Virtual PC. I'll report how it turns out.

Thanks,

GAT

[prathapml]

If slip-streaming is all you want it to do, then use this guide here:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windo..._slipstream.asp

Yes, that WinSuperSite guide is a bit less easier, but the reason of recommending it is -

1. nLite is a tool for doing much more things, and is easy to choose too many options and go wrong.

2. If following the supersite guide, your problem is solved, then you know that the problem was created in some way while using nLite.

[GAT]

I have successfullly slipstreamed and installed that only. No extra unattended stuff or anything. I do not have my power saving options. For some reason, it *seems* that a slip-streamed version of XP doesn't have this (?). Or is it contained elsewhere (other than the screen savers tab of the display properties) or do I need to set a setting in the registry or elsewhere to enable this?

thanks,

GAT

[svasutin]

If you're slipping sp2, then sp2 has issues with power managment. Prathapml is correct, typically, in xp (ver0, sp1, 1a, 2) you need to have all your drivers installed; otherwise win can't put some devices to sleep, or shutdown certain buses.

If you went to sp2, then there could be issue's with wdm vs wfd drivers. Power Management is a major update in sp2, and in the next win OS. If you're using a notebook, ensure you have the mfr's system updates. Typically the system updates are the ones that control the function keys (Fn) for keyboards, volume controls, etc.

On Dell notebooks, you should install the quickset for full functionallity. Dell's quickset is as important as its chipset drivers. Without the quickset, I've found some Dell drivers do not install fully.

[GAT]

I did a regular install of WinXP without any Slipstreaming or unattended stuff or anything (again this is all in Virutal PC 2004) and I still did not have power saving options. I'm assuming at this point that it must be a cause of Virtual PC. I'm going to try my slipstream and unattend stuff later on a second computer I have and see what comes of that.

GAT

[GAT]

After competing a burn onto a CD and installing onto my second computer, everything seems to work perfectly as it should, including power saving options. Again, it must be something about Virtual PC that didn't want anything to do with power saving option on the virtual OS.

Hope this helps someone in the future...

GAT

[prathapml]

it must be something about Virtual PC that didn't want anything to do with power saving option on the virtual OS.

ahem... you didn't tell that you were testing this on a Virtual machine. In that case, you need to install the drivers for the virtual hardware (VMware tools in VMware, and something else in VirtualPC) - before you can get the power-saving options. Or maybe you were using Virtual PC 2004 - that one's horribly under-featured. My VMware (they offer a trial download too) gives me full power options including hibernate in a virtual machine.