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Monitor fails to power off

On a fully patched W2K Pro box running as a restricted user, after a few units the screen saver stops powering off the monitor after the set 10 minite time. I can add admin rights to the user, reset the screen saver, remove admin rights, and it will work for a few more units and then go back to not powering off the monitor. The agent is set to run only as a screen saver. Any ideas?
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Re: Monitor fails to power off

Hi corblack,

What sort of rights does the users have on the Program Files\World Community Grid folder?

If the agent is still working, as a possible workaround, give the user permissions to change
MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg
and change the monitor power off settings in Control panel > Power settings.

(I'm going to guess that power settings and screen saver will kick in at the same time.)
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Re: Monitor fails to power off

First I tried changing the file permissions, but that did not work. Tonight I made the registry change to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
MICROSOFT
WINDOWS
CURRENT VERSION
CONTROLS FOLDER
POWER CFG

And that has worked twice so far tonight. Thanks for the help.
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