power options

Hi, I just installed windows 7 on my laptop and the power options page doesn't display a "dim the display" option, nor do the keyboard commands to dim the display do anything. Is there a way to fix this? I am running a Lenovo G530 machine and there does not seem to be driver support for windows...

I've searched several forums, but can't find an answer, so I'll ask here. I like the auto-dim feature in Windows 7 when the computer is idle, however I'd like it to dim more than it does. I can adjust the brightness while I'm using it, but I can't find a setting to allow me adjust the level...

Hi I've recently upgraded my R610 to Windows 7. I've extended the desktop by HDMI onto my television. I've found that when I close the screen, the laptop switches off the output to the extended desktop - killing off the image on the TV. Basically the laptop goes into sleep mode. Under XP and...

Ok, so I have ACPI 2.0 installed, and I have all the settings in the "Power Options" that allow a timed hibernate, disabled. However, when I leave the PC on it will hybrid sleep after a few hours and then when I try to resume, it instantly turns on (like its supposed to) but then, after about a...

Windows 7 runs about 10-15 degrees C hotter than XP. I have a M2A-VM ASUS motherboard. When I ran Win 7 RC for quite a while it seemed cooler. It has quite and cool AMD technology! After researching cool and quiet AMD tech., turning the power options to the lowest power level is better but not...

i found ton of posts ppl talking about vista trashing hard drive due to some search indexing or something. NOt sure why caz i have it disabled.. Anyway my problem is not the same, instead i want my hard drive to run all the time like they did back in windows XP. Because W7 stops my hard drives...

Hi, Clean install yesterday of Home Premium 64 bit upgrade. Dual Booting with XP Pro. Never had Vista. None of the automatic power save features seem ti be working in Windows 7. In XP Pro I have the monitor turning off after 10 minutes - works fine. In 7, nothing - monitor never turns...

so i like to listen to pandora before i sleep, is there a way to make windows 7 sleep/standby (not hibernate) after like an hour or after X time?

Hi all, just posting this problem in hope of some answers maybe this is a common problem, I recently installed Windows 7 Pro-Ed, on my HP Pavillion Dv4z-1200 laptop that runs with these specs: Dual-Core AMD Turion X2 2.1GHz 4G DDR2 250GB. I cannot seem to edit the power settings to my laptop...

Hi guys Im using windows 7 64bit build 7100 PC specs are Phenom 2 955BE 4gig ddr3 1333mhz Gigabyte Nvidia 275gtx WD 500gig Sata Asus Xonar u1 I got this comp about 2 months ago and had windows 7 on it since the start, at first i was getting maybe 1 freeze a day but now its probly about 4-5...

Hello, I'm trying to prevent my monitor from going into sleep mode when the computer is not being used. I changed the power options in Control Panel to never turn off monitor and never turn off hard drives then I went into the advanced options and changed the setting to never turn PCIe...

Basically I push the sleep button and the computer stays on but the keyboard lights turn off, so I suppose it's in hybrid sleep. I want my computer to go into Sleep mode and completely shut off. I don't see an option in the power options to disable hybrid sleep, and I even tried to disable it...

i've been from this 2 pages: 1. Link Removed 2. Link Removed and no1 can really solve my problem from this page (2. Link Removed) blizz26 told that: sure this solves the problem, cos what makes the computer freezes is when "turn off display after" is enabled. but, i want to use "turn of...

so i usually have an external plugged in and i usually put my laptop (a hp dv5t) to sleep mode at night, but the external harddrive still stays on. how do i disable usb power in standby mode? i already went into advance power options and couldn't find anything. also, in power settings, USB...

I am trying to find a way to create a custom power plan, so i could shut down computer by pressing sleep button on my keyboard (it doesn't have a power button). When i go to Control Panel -> Power Options and Choose what the power buttons do, i cant select sleep button to shut down computer...

Have no problem using fantastic Remote Desktop on network computers here, but am having problems connecting to a family computer cross country via internet. They configured it just as we did here (enabled, designated Users, passworded Users, turned off Power Options, no router to forward port)...

Hello all, I have searched quite a bit for this problem, and usually it leads no where or people just didn't respond to others with my same problem. First here are my system specs Core i7 3.9 Ghz Foxconn Bloodrage X58 6GB OCZ 1600 triple channel PC Power and Cooling 750watt Water cooled system...

Hi! Just upgraded to Windows 7 RC and loving it so far. Really a change over XP and I'm actually liking the organization a bit more! I've had most of my issues resolved right off the bat as it just "works"! However, 2 issues are plaguing it that I would like to see if I can get some tips on...

Hello everyone. For some reason when I but Windows to Sleep, a couple minutes later it turns itself on again. In the power options I don't have any "auto-wakeup" sort of feature enabled, so I have no idea what it could be. This never happened to me on Vista before, and I checked the Bios and...

Hi, I am using Windows 7 RC & all is running perfect!!!!! ...........except...... I cannot restart/shutdown/hibernate the machine. If I select Restart or Shutdown the machine will stay at the "Shutting Down..." screen forever If I select hibernate the screen goes black... The only way out...