Monitor On-Off Plug-In system standby and hibernate
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 3:40 am
Just downloaded and installed trail version 7.0.1 of gPhotoShow Pro and version 2.1 of Monitor On-Off Plug-In. I'm running Windows XP SP3
Not doing anything fancy for a screensaver slideshow - a few vanilla jpg images to test with. No video, no audio.
What I'm most interested in is putting XP in standby or in hibernation after an hour.
Windows XP power management doesn't seem to want to standby or hibernate if timeout values are more than a few minutes.
I've stripped down Windows apps, drivers, etcetera to the bare minimum.
There are no external connections and I've made sure none of the scheduled tasks are functioning at the the time of the standby or hibernate request.
So, I decided to give the Monitor On-Off Plug-In a go, hoping to get consistent behavior in shutting down my system.
Documentation is almost nill on the Monitor On-Off Plug-In dialog box
Just an FYI, from gPhotoShow Pro Configuration, Plug-Ins, I can double-click the Monitor On-Off Plug-In to change its settings.
But by just highlighting the Plug-In, only the Check Updates button is enabled at the bottom; Configure Selected Plug-In and Uninstall Selected Plug-In are greyed out. So I have no way to uninstall the Plug-In. When I run Check Updates, there is no feedback.
So back to the Monitor On-Off v2.1.0 dialog box. There are 2 checkboxes at the bottom (one to prevent Windows from switching off monitors and one preventing Windows from switching off the system). It is unclear to me the behavior these checkboxes. Do they override Windows Power management settings? I have Windows Power Management set to shut the monitor off after 30 minutes and set to "Never" for both standby and hibernation (assuming that Monitor On-Off will take care of that). I have the Plugin Enabled, and set to to put system in standby after 1 hour. I have the Prevent Windows from switching off monitors unchecked and have tried the Prevent Windows from switching off system both checked and unchecked.
Bottom line, my screen saver kicks in after 10 minutes, the monitor shuts off after 30 minutes, but the system never goes into standby.
Anybody have any thoughts.
Not doing anything fancy for a screensaver slideshow - a few vanilla jpg images to test with. No video, no audio.
What I'm most interested in is putting XP in standby or in hibernation after an hour.
Windows XP power management doesn't seem to want to standby or hibernate if timeout values are more than a few minutes.
I've stripped down Windows apps, drivers, etcetera to the bare minimum.
There are no external connections and I've made sure none of the scheduled tasks are functioning at the the time of the standby or hibernate request.
So, I decided to give the Monitor On-Off Plug-In a go, hoping to get consistent behavior in shutting down my system.
Documentation is almost nill on the Monitor On-Off Plug-In dialog box
Just an FYI, from gPhotoShow Pro Configuration, Plug-Ins, I can double-click the Monitor On-Off Plug-In to change its settings.
But by just highlighting the Plug-In, only the Check Updates button is enabled at the bottom; Configure Selected Plug-In and Uninstall Selected Plug-In are greyed out. So I have no way to uninstall the Plug-In. When I run Check Updates, there is no feedback.
So back to the Monitor On-Off v2.1.0 dialog box. There are 2 checkboxes at the bottom (one to prevent Windows from switching off monitors and one preventing Windows from switching off the system). It is unclear to me the behavior these checkboxes. Do they override Windows Power management settings? I have Windows Power Management set to shut the monitor off after 30 minutes and set to "Never" for both standby and hibernation (assuming that Monitor On-Off will take care of that). I have the Plugin Enabled, and set to to put system in standby after 1 hour. I have the Prevent Windows from switching off monitors unchecked and have tried the Prevent Windows from switching off system both checked and unchecked.
Bottom line, my screen saver kicks in after 10 minutes, the monitor shuts off after 30 minutes, but the system never goes into standby.
Anybody have any thoughts.