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<blockquote data-quote="michael_t" data-source="post: 804060" data-attributes="member: 85139">AW: Re: PowerScheduler++ Test Version 1.2.5.x for MP 1.2.x / 1.3 AlphaThis means that the system is not going to standby automatically (idle timeout). It does not mean that a manual standby request (remote off, power button, lid close, ...) is prevented. This will be done only while a recording or timeshifting or some other activity configured in PowerScheduler++ to prevent power off is in progress. On Windows XP the system will then ignore such a manual suspend, on Vista / Win7 the system will go to away mode (keep running without display and sound).I assume you mean &quot;standby&quot; and not &quot;shutdown&quot;. Going to &quot;Standby&quot; is prevented independent of the user account (even administrator) or process/application that wants to suspend the system. But you have to map all manual &quot;shutdown&quot; actions (power button, remote off, lid close, Start menu-&gt;Shut down, ...) to &quot;Standby&quot;, since a power off or reboot cannot be prevented (on Vista / Win7 not even a &quot;hibernate&quot;).No, &quot;Playing media&quot; only means playing media with MediaPortal, but I think that Media Player has its own mechanism to prevent an idle timeout standby while playing media.Michael</blockquote>

[QUOTE="michael_t, post: 804060, member: 85139"] [b]AW: Re: PowerScheduler++ Test Version 1.2.5.x for MP 1.2.x / 1.3 Alpha[/b] This means that the system is not going to standby automatically (idle timeout). It does not mean that a manual standby request (remote off, power button, lid close, ...) is prevented. This will be done only while a recording or timeshifting or some other activity configured in PowerScheduler++ to prevent power off is in progress. On Windows XP the system will then ignore such a manual suspend, on Vista / Win7 the system will go to away mode (keep running without display and sound). I assume you mean "standby" and not "shutdown". Going to "Standby" is prevented independent of the user account (even administrator) or process/application that wants to suspend the system. But you have to map all manual "shutdown" actions (power button, remote off, lid close, Start menu->Shut down, ...) to "Standby", since a power off or reboot cannot be prevented (on Vista / Win7 not even a "hibernate"). No, "Playing media" only means playing media with MediaPortal, but I think that Media Player has its own mechanism to prevent an idle timeout standby while playing media. Michael [/QUOTE]

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