Vista and power properites

[dickep]

OK, I am now tasked with trying to do something with Vista (hey, I have a great idea with what to do with it but stating here WOULD get me in DEEP trouble!! ).

I need to change the power settings on my notebook. I want to programatically set them using AutoIT. However, using Wininfo tool, I get NOTHING that allows me to click on items (Balanced for example) and go to the settings area.

SO, looking for guidance/help/sanity - oh, maybe the last is not possible now that Vista is upon us.

Thanks in advance

E

[DarkMatter]

RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}", "PreferredPlan", "REG_SZ", "PLANOPTION")

Here are the plan options:

381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e = Balanced plan.

a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a = Power saver plan.

8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c = High performance plan

So for balanced it would be:

RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}", "PreferredPlan", "REG_SZ", "381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e")

Full reference for Vista power plans can be found at Microsoft Support

Edited March 26, 2008 by MattWise

[weaponx]

Powercfg.exe from the command line:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...amp;hl=powercfg