Windows 7 Power Scheme

I believe I've seen this happen before to one of the people I know. My first bit of advice would be to open up the Power Scheme window from your Control Panel like you did, and on the left Create a new Power Plan. Try making one using that with the timers that you want, that might ensure that it doesn't revert to the default ones. If after making a plan using that doesn't fix it, please post back and I'll look further into reasons. Thanks =).

I tried your suggestion, and after the computer comes up it still changes the timers on my custom power scheme. Any other suggestions?


Thank you

Does your computer have another power manager besides Windows? Mine does, which is why I ask. If so, make sure it has a setting (scheme) the same as Windows and make sure the settings in both are the same. Alternatively, use a Windows scheme that has no counterpart in the other power manager (that is what I do). ... Thinkpads_User

Home or office PC?

As thinkpads_user mentioned, some systems use their own power management utility.  All Toshiba's do, for example.  But; if that were true, something has happened to the notification which should have told you to use that application rather than Windows built-in power management.
The second possibility is a permissions issue.  Changing advanced power settings should have given you the UAC prompt.  Did it?
And the third would be a corrupted user hive causing the system to revert each time you reboot.
Who made the computer and have you had any other odd issues with it?

thinkpads_users,

    My computer does not have any other power manager besides the Windows power manager.


willcomp,

    This is a home pc.

DavisMcCarn,

    The UAC did not give me a prompt because I disabled it. Furthermore, the computer is custom built. It has a EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard. Let's say that you are correct that there is a corrupted user hive that causing the issue. How could that be corrected, and how can I check if the user hive is corrupted? I have had no other issue with the desktop.

It could be that your PC / BIOS is not Windows 7 certified and that can cause the issue you are having.
... Thinkpads_User

DavisMcCarn,

   Looks like you are correct. Windows will not let me change the power management with UAC off. UAC has to be enabled to change the power management.


Thanks, and thanks all.