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The Powercfg.exe tool is not supported in Windows 2000

Article ID:888742
Last Review:February 8, 2007
Revision:1.2

INTRODUCTION

The Powercfg.exe tool is included with the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
The Powercfg.exe tool is not supported in Microsoft Windows 2000. This is true even though the version of Powercfg.exe that is included in Windows Server 2003 may work in Windows 2000.

Additionally, the version of Powercfg.exe that is included in Windows XP SP2 does not work in Windows 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

You can use Powercfg.exe to access the settings in the Power Options tool in Control Panel and to configure these settings from a command line. For additional information about Powercfg.exe, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
324347 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324347/) How to use Powercfg.exe in Windows Server 2003

APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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