Microsoft Windows 2000
Server Administrator's Companion
by Sharon Crawford & Charlie Russel
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 How to Power Off Monitor at Login Screen

You can configure the power settings that are used when the login screen is up.  This technique is not supported by Microsoft, but has been successfully used by others.

  1. Log in to an account with administrative privileges.
  2. Configure power settings as desired for the login screen.
  3. Run regedit.exe.
  4. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg and note the value for CurrentPowerPolicy.
  5. Go to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg and set the value for CurrentPowerPolicy.
  6. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\<policy number>.
  7. Edit Policies value, select it all, and COPY to the clipboard.
  8. Go to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\<policy number>.
  9. Edit Policies value, select it all, and PASTE from the clipboard.

    10. These only apply to new user accounts.

How it Works:

    When you log in and set the power properties, the same settings should be in effect when you log off - whether it reboots or not.  Basically, the power policies of the login prompt are the same as the last user to successfully log in/out.  In all single user cases this means it's always right.  In multi-user scenarios, if people have similar power settings they won't notice the difference.