Are you logged in *as* the Administrator account, or another user account
that admin privileges? Do you have UAC turned on (the prompts for admin
credentials)?
It's possible that the power savings control panel was opened as an
administrator, but Windows Media Player is asking for a lower privilege set
and thus is unable to override those "administrative" power settings. Given
that WMP will need to turn off the power settings in real time as it runs,
but that the Power Settings would be running with the full Explorer rights
(IIRC), if you're really running the machine as Administrator all the time
you may have a square peg/round hole problem.
This is all a lot of deduction. Let's step back: are you logged in as
"Administrator"?
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See
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"Vista User" <user@host.com> wrote in message
news:20FF8E23-05C2-44B2-BBCA-EE6127516A6A@microsoft.com...
> Yes the monitor goes off in accordance with Power saving scheme.
>
> OK what should I be doing.. I should run the programme in question as
> Administrator. I am the Admin on the machine.
>
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" <zachd@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:OKMDqgHMIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> And I assume it's shutting off in compliance with your power savings
>> options, right?
>>
>> In some cases WMP doesn't have permission/privileges to override that
>> setting. I do not recall the source of that issue - I *think* it can
>> happen if someone acting as administrator sets that setting, since WMP
>> will run as a normal user.
>>
>> --
>> Speaking for myself only.
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
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>> "Vista User" <user@host.com> wrote in message
>> news:9901BCF2-A235-4CBE-AF42-6831CF95C4A8@microsoft.com...
>>> Yes, Monitor goes into Standby whilst video is playing in the
>>> foreground.
>>>
>>>
>>> "zachd [MSFT]" <zachd@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eV2r$DAMIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> Could you explain this? Do you mean as in the screen saver or
>>>> hibernate mode kicks in even though video is playing?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Speaking for myself only.
>>>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>>>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>>> rights.
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> "Vista User" <user@host.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:2E0AD99D-36C6-4AA9-89DC-216AFF9013AF@microsoft.com...
>>>>> This problem happens in Vista, not XP.
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the fix for Vista?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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