Update to my own issue:
I believe this problem has recently resolved itself. For those reading who
have had similar difficulties but found no solutions, the problem disappeared
once I had installed the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 into each notebook's
operating system.
For one of the notebooks, though, doing this was difficult; the Windows
Update feature failed each of multiple times to install the service pack into
the operating system. For that machine, I had to download the service pack
as a stand-alone installer and integrate it manually that way. If anyone
else faces that issue, too, the primary stand-alone installer can be obtained
at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
Hopefully, those facing similar problems with the Windows Vista power plans
will find the solution similarly simple.
"PrimeSoup" wrote:
> I maintain two notebook computers at my home. They are different models,
> different makes, and use different hardware. Basically, the only things they
> have in common is that they're both notebooks and they both use Windows Vista
> Home Premium, 32 bit, for an operating system. I am having the same problem
> with each one regarding the power plans they use:
>
> Whenever I create a customized power plan for either notebook to use, some
> of the settings I specify never get utilized. In fact, if I look at the plan
> settings after the ones in question fail, I find that some of the features of
> the power plan are changed to settings I never specified. To be clear, for
> the settings that end up changing inexplicably, these are the settings I
> initially choose for such power plans:
>
> Hard disk:
> Turn off hard disk after...
> On battery: 20 minutes
> Plugged in: 40 minutes
>
> Sleep:
> Sleep after...
> On battery: Never
> Plugged in: Never
> Allow hybrid sleep:
> On battery: Off
> Plugged in: Off
> Hibernate after...
> On battery: 30 minutes
> Plugged in: 60 minutes
>
> Display:
> Turn off display after...
> On battery: 10 minutes
> Plugged in: 20 minutes
> Adaptive display:
> On battery: Off
> Plugged in: On
> Display brightness:
> On battery: 100%
> Plugged in: 100%
>
> Battery:
> Critical battery action:
> On battery: Hibernate
> Plugged in: Do nothing
> Low battery level:
> On battery: 10%
> Plugged in: 10%
> Critical battery level:
> On battery: 5%
> Plugged in: 5%
> Low battery notification:
> On battery: On
> Plugged in: Off
> Low battery action:
> On battery: Do nothing
> Plugged in: Do nothing
>
> Now, I'm not sure when or how this occurs, but these are the settings that
> appear when I look at the same custom plan after the features in question
> fail to behave like I instructed them:
>
> Hard disk:
> Turn off hard disk after...
> On battery: 30 minutes
> Plugged in: Never
>
> Sleep:
> Sleep after...
> On battery: Never
> Plugged in: Never
> Allow hybrid sleep:
> On battery: Off
> Plugged in: Off
> Hibernate after...
> On battery: Never
> Plugged in: Never
>
> Display:
> Turn off display after...
> On battery: 15 minutes
> Plugged in: 20 minutes
> Adaptive display:
> On battery: Off
> Plugged in: On
> Display brightness:
> On battery: 100%
> Plugged in: 100%
>
> Battery:
> Critical battery action:
> On battery: Hibernate
> Plugged in: Hibernate
> Low battery level:
> On battery: 10%
> Plugged in: 10%
> Critical battery level:
> On battery: 5%
> Plugged in: 5%
> Low battery notification:
> On battery: On
> Plugged in: On
> Low battery action:
> On battery: Do nothing
> Plugged in: Do nothing
>
> What is going on to cause Windows to change these features specifically, and
> always to the same settings? No matter which of my notebooks is in question,
> the result is always the same: If I try to change them back the way I want,
> the same thing happens again. If I delete the affected custom plans and make
> new ones, the same thing happens to those, too. This seems to happen to any
> custom plan I make, but only affects the features described above. The plans
> customize other features, but those work the way I want them; they don't get
> nerfed by Vista the way the ones in question do. I can't imagine what I'm
> doing wrong with both notebooks, but whether the problem is with Vista or
> with the way I'm using it, if there is anything I can do to fix this, I'd be
> grateful to know.
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