SlimmGBPVR doesn't prevent standby during recording

[Mister Slimm]

Thanks for looking at this so quickly. So do I read it that by default it won't go into standby but if you have business/ultimate vista then you can use group policy editor to allow it to work? (If so I would hope there is a equivalent registry entry for home premium).

By default, an application cannot prevent standby. I imagine there is a registry entry but a quick Google didn't turn it up.

[b00sfuk]

Looking at the group policy spreadsheet of settings from the MS website (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...laylang=en) there is an entry:

Turn on Applications to Prevent Sleep Transitions (Plugged In)

Enables applications and services to prevent the system from sleeping. If you enable this policy setting, an application or service may prevent the system from sleeping (Hybrid Sleep, Stand By, or Hibernate). If you disable this policy setting or do not configure it, users can see and change this setting.


HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\B7A27025-E569-46c2-A504-2B96CAD225A1!ACSettingIndex

but I can't translate this into a setting I can add manually

[Mister Slimm]

Looking at the group policy spreadsheet of settings from the MS website (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...laylang=en) there is an entry:


but I can't translate this into a setting I can add manually

Thanks. The attached .reg file will update this setting and enable it for both mains and battery power. I don't know if you need to restart to make it take effect. Let us know if it works.

[b00sfuk]

The attached .reg file will update this setting and enable it for both mains and battery power. I don't know if you need to restart to make it take effect. Let us know if it works.

Did not have any effect on my system (tried reboot)

[Mister Slimm]

Did not have any effect on my system (tried reboot)

Well, it was a good try. What a convenient and useful change Microsoft made there. It's always important that a computer be able to turn itself off without interruption from the user. In fact, if Microsoft could stop users using their computers at all, I'm sure Windows would run much better.