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    dandy72
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    My laptop (some crappy Eurocom thing running XP Pro SP2) has recently started to lose its power scheme every time I use it. Any custom setting I specify in the Power Options control panel applet simply doesn't stick, even if I save a custom scheme and reload it--that is, it keeps reverting to the default values every time I power it up. Particularly annoying is the fact that my "Do nothing" preference under "When I close the lid of my portable computer" dropdown is ignored and the default ("Stand by") takes place, which means having to wait for it to power back up, re-establish my internet connection, reconnect to it from my remote machines, etc. Anyone else has seen this, or better yet, know of a fix?

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      My laptop (some crappy Eurocom thing running XP Pro SP2) has recently started to lose its power scheme every time I use it. Any custom setting I specify in the Power Options control panel applet simply doesn't stick, even if I save a custom scheme and reload it--that is, it keeps reverting to the default values every time I power it up. Particularly annoying is the fact that my "Do nothing" preference under "When I close the lid of my portable computer" dropdown is ignored and the default ("Stand by") takes place, which means having to wait for it to power back up, re-establish my internet connection, reconnect to it from my remote machines, etc. Anyone else has seen this, or better yet, know of a fix?

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      Jared Parsons
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      Are you running as a limited user (i.e. Non-administrator). If so that's your issue. Do a search for LUA and laptop and it should take you to the correct sites. Jared Parsons jaredp@beanseed.org http://jaredparsons.blogspot.com/[^]

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        My laptop (some crappy Eurocom thing running XP Pro SP2) has recently started to lose its power scheme every time I use it. Any custom setting I specify in the Power Options control panel applet simply doesn't stick, even if I save a custom scheme and reload it--that is, it keeps reverting to the default values every time I power it up. Particularly annoying is the fact that my "Do nothing" preference under "When I close the lid of my portable computer" dropdown is ignored and the default ("Stand by") takes place, which means having to wait for it to power back up, re-establish my internet connection, reconnect to it from my remote machines, etc. Anyone else has seen this, or better yet, know of a fix?

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        Matt Newman
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        Daniel Desormeaux wrote:

        some crappy Eurocom thing

        I find stuff like this common on crappy hardware... A fresh install (off the XP disc, not oem restore) of XP would probably do the trick quite nicely. But I would recommend that more-so if you were having more problems. Matt Newman
        Even the very best tools in the hands of an idiot will produce something of little or no value. - Chris Meech on Idiots

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          My laptop (some crappy Eurocom thing running XP Pro SP2) has recently started to lose its power scheme every time I use it. Any custom setting I specify in the Power Options control panel applet simply doesn't stick, even if I save a custom scheme and reload it--that is, it keeps reverting to the default values every time I power it up. Particularly annoying is the fact that my "Do nothing" preference under "When I close the lid of my portable computer" dropdown is ignored and the default ("Stand by") takes place, which means having to wait for it to power back up, re-establish my internet connection, reconnect to it from my remote machines, etc. Anyone else has seen this, or better yet, know of a fix?

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            Daniel Desormeaux wrote:

            some crappy Eurocom thing

            I find stuff like this common on crappy hardware... A fresh install (off the XP disc, not oem restore) of XP would probably do the trick quite nicely. But I would recommend that more-so if you were having more problems. Matt Newman
            Even the very best tools in the hands of an idiot will produce something of little or no value. - Chris Meech on Idiots

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            dandy72
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            > I find stuff like this common on crappy hardware... :-D I only went with the cheapest laptop I could find because I mostly only use it to read PDFs/CHMs... > A fresh install (off the XP disc, not oem restore) of XP would probably do the trick quite > nicely. But I would recommend that more-so if you were having more problems. Thing is, I've had the same OS installed on it since day one (well over a year ago) and have been seeing this problem only for the past month or so. Well, what the hell, it needs a good scrubing anyway...

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              Are you running as a limited user (i.e. Non-administrator). If so that's your issue. Do a search for LUA and laptop and it should take you to the correct sites. Jared Parsons jaredp@beanseed.org http://jaredparsons.blogspot.com/[^]

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              > Are you running as a limited user (i.e. Non-administrator). If so that's your issue. I always run as a user that's part of the admin group--bad practice, but I find that with every version of Windows, apps have a tendency not to work correctly unless you're running as an admin...

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