yeah that doesnt help every scheme if i try to set the screen to stay one all
the time it always resets back to 20 minuts after about 2 hours or so. if i
reboot and check the scheme its set to never turn off but after 2 hours it
turns off... and i check it again its set to 20 minuts its quite anoying i
must say!
"devil_himself" wrote:
> On Jan 8, 3:01 am, Xephion <Xeph... DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I use my system to watch movies and i changed the power scheme to always stay
> > on and set the screen to never turn off. yet during movie playback it always
> > seems to get changed back to 20 minuts. so ive created a new scheme and it
> > does that same thing. When i reboot however and verify the power options it
> > still shows never turn off, but after I watch a movie it changes it back to
> > 20 minuts...
> > its Windows XP pro SP2 using power DVD to play movies... ive done searches
> > and all ive come up with as issues with saving the new scheme but I dont have
> > any issues with that it just changes by itself and its quite frustrating, I
> > also turns off AMD's CnQ in the bios thinking that it might be related to my
> > issue but it didnt change anything... I also verified in power dvd to see if
> > there's any options that would block the screensaver or screen power off but
> > nothing. Any one have an idea what's causing it to change by itself?
>
> Start > Run > cmd > Type The Following And Hit Enter
>
>
> powercfg /RestoreDefaultPolicies
>
> (This command works only if you have Service Pack 2 installed.)
> >> Stay informed about: Power scheme changes by itself 
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