wcology Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I have a Saitek P2500 and when I play trackmania the screen saver comes on (and the monitor turns off too) after the normal time because there's no mouse and keyboard usage. How do I configure the gamepad so that windows knows there's activity? I went to the device manager but didn't find anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 You can create a different Power profile. The use POWERCFG to change your Profile before and after playing your game. That's my idea at least. Or you could change it manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcology Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 what's POWERCFG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Its a CLI tool in Windows that allows you to script Power Schemes. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748940.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcology Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 that's still alot of things to do -- window key+r then cmd then powercfg then etc. etc.i think it has something to do with allowing the gamepad waking the computer up or something? i googled a bit and it's supposed to be in the device manager then properties but i didn't find anything in my gamepad.right now i just have the screen saver and monitor auto off turned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 You wouldn't need to open the command prompt and type all that in. Just make a batch file and stick it on your desktop or something.It doesn't sound like your gamepad supports power management features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mt.Dew Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 If you are gaming, then you should have Screensaver disabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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