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How can I configure monitor power off for the logon screen?
John Savill
May 23, 1999
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A. If you select the Screen Saver tab of the Desktop control panelapplet you can configure Power saving settings which include powering off themonitor after x minutes. To enable the monitor to power off for the logon screenperform the following on each machine:
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelDesktop
Double click PowerOffActive and set to 1. Click OK
Double click ScreenSaveActive and set to 1. Click OK
Double click SCRNSAVE.EXE (if present) and set to "(NONE)" (don't type the quotes). Click OK
Move to HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelPowerCfg
Double click CurrentPowerPolicy and set to 0 (the Home/Office Desk power setting configuration). Click OK
Close the registry editor
Reboot the machine
To change the settings such as monitor timeout change the settings on yourlocal profile, export HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelPowerCfgPowerPoliciesto a file and import to HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelPowerCfgPowerPolicies.
If you need to do this on lots of machines create a .reg file and push via alogin/startup script (which can be specified via Group Policy).
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