Power options for Log-on screen?

[Guest supersonic_oasis]

Hi all,

 

I am setting up my power options on my XP box and I have everything set to

Never. I don't want anything to ever turn off. I would like this to be the

default for everyone so, I have setup my power settings using the

Administrator account, and then copied the administrator profile to the

default profile. However, when I log out, the log-on screen seems to have

it's own power settings, as when I leave it at the log-on screen and I am

away from my computer, the monitor shuts off.

 

Does anyone know where the power settings for the log-on screen are set?

 

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Power options for Log-on screen?

 

The options from the last logged in user is what it set. The "default"

profile is what gets copied when a new profile is created.

 

supersonic_oasis wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> I am setting up my power options on my XP box and I have everything set to

> Never. I don't want anything to ever turn off. I would like this to be the

> default for everyone so, I have setup my power settings using the

> Administrator account, and then copied the administrator profile to the

> default profile. However, when I log out, the log-on screen seems to have

> it's own power settings, as when I leave it at the log-on screen and I am

> away from my computer, the monitor shuts off.

>

> Does anyone know where the power settings for the log-on screen are set?

>

> Any help is appreciated, thanks.

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: Power options for Log-on screen?

 

Please don't multi-post. http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

 

It's held in the Local System account profile at:

 

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

 

Don't confuse HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT with the default user profile in the

Default User folder under Documents and Settings. HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT

is the Local System or the Machine\Workstation profile, this hive is

stored in %systemroot%\system32\config\default.

 

The Default User account stored in the Documents and Settings folder is

just a template used when you create new user accounts, when a user is

created the new user's profile is copied from the Default User profile.

Any changes that you make there will not apply to already existing

users or to the Local System profile, they will only apply to new users

created after the changes.

 

How to change the Windows Logon screen saver in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314493

 

John

 

 

supersonic_oasis wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> I am setting up my power options on my XP box and I have everything set to

> Never. I don't want anything to ever turn off. I would like this to be the

> default for everyone so, I have setup my power settings using the

> Administrator account, and then copied the administrator profile to the

> default profile. However, when I log out, the log-on screen seems to have

> it's own power settings, as when I leave it at the log-on screen and I am

> away from my computer, the monitor shuts off.

>

> Does anyone know where the power settings for the log-on screen are set?

>

> Any help is appreciated, thanks.