Article ID: 247234 - Last Review: November 1, 2006 - Revision: 4.1

Power Scheme Changed to Portable/Laptop After Enabling APM and Upgrading

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SYMPTOMS

When you install Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional on a computer that has advanced power management (APM) disabled, Windows uses the Home/Office Desk power scheme by default. When you enable APM and then modify the Home/Office Desk power scheme, Windows retains that power scheme as the default.

However, when you reinstall or upgrade Windows 2000 after enabling APM, the default power scheme changes to Portable/Laptop in spite of your having previously saved your power scheme.
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RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, manually select the power scheme you saved.
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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional.
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MORE INFORMATION

You are able to manually select the power scheme you saved because the system preserves your changes to that power scheme even though it selects the Portable/Laptop power scheme by default.
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
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