Power Management Reboots PC

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Running XP, SP3. Someone reset the UPS time to 15 seconds until reboot.
Because the system can't find the UPS, it immediately shuts down. I have
about 10 seconds to get to Control Panel and Power Managment before it shuts
down. I tried with a boot from CD app, but it will not allow me to run any
applicatons (like for power mgmt). Does anyone have a suggestion?
 
Re: Power Management Reboots PC

The date and time was 10/16/2008 3:01 PM, and on a whim, PocketRocket
pounded out on the keyboard:

> Running XP, SP3. Someone reset the UPS time to 15 seconds until reboot.
> Because the system can't find the UPS, it immediately shuts down. I have
> about 10 seconds to get to Control Panel and Power Managment before it shuts
> down. I tried with a boot from CD app, but it will not allow me to run any
> applicatons (like for power mgmt). Does anyone have a suggestion?

As soon as you can, press Windows Start-R and type powercfg.cpl and
click the UPS tab. That should only take a few seconds.

Or try starting in Safe Mode?

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Re: Power Management Reboots PC

I booted in safe mode, went to c:\windows\system32 and entered control
powercfg.cpl. From there I was able to reconfigure the Power Options applet
at my leisure. Rebooted and my frustrations went away. Thanks Terry.

"Terry R." wrote:

> The date and time was 10/16/2008 3:01 PM, and on a whim, PocketRocket
> pounded out on the keyboard:
>
> > Running XP, SP3. Someone reset the UPS time to 15 seconds until reboot.
> > Because the system can't find the UPS, it immediately shuts down. I have
> > about 10 seconds to get to Control Panel and Power Managment before it shuts
> > down. I tried with a boot from CD app, but it will not allow me to run any
> > applicatons (like for power mgmt). Does anyone have a suggestion?
>
> As soon as you can, press Windows Start-R and type powercfg.cpl and
> click the UPS tab. That should only take a few seconds.
>
> Or try starting in Safe Mode?
>
> --
> Terry R.
>
> ***Reply Note***
> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
>
 
Re: Power Management Reboots PC

Henri

Great

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"PocketRocket" <PocketRocket@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7026D6E4-C884-4084-84A7-9BBD9D100A25@microsoft.com...
>I booted in safe mode, went to c:\windows\system32 and entered control
> powercfg.cpl. From there I was able to reconfigure the Power Options applet
> at my leisure. Rebooted and my frustrations went away. Thanks Terry.
>
> "Terry R." wrote:
>
>> The date and time was 10/16/2008 3:01 PM, and on a whim, PocketRocket
>> pounded out on the keyboard:
>>
>> > Running XP, SP3. Someone reset the UPS time to 15 seconds until reboot.
>> > Because the system can't find the UPS, it immediately shuts down. I have
>> > about 10 seconds to get to Control Panel and Power Managment before it shuts
>> > down. I tried with a boot from CD app, but it will not allow me to run any
>> > applicatons (like for power mgmt). Does anyone have a suggestion?
>>
>> As soon as you can, press Windows Start-R and type powercfg.cpl and
>> click the UPS tab. That should only take a few seconds.
>>
>> Or try starting in Safe Mode?
>>
>> --
>> Terry R.
>>
>> ***Reply Note***
>> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
>> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
>>
 
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