>Hello,
>
>I am trying to set up a virtual XP machine for deployment to laptops.
>I have successfully used a third-party utility which ensures that the
>proper drivers are installed on the physical machines post-image-
>deployment.
>
>Additionally, I want to pre-set various power options, like lid close
>behavior, before deployment. Unfortunately those options do not show
>up in the VM. I have searched online but the typical results re:
>registry hacks tend to point towards simply applying a different power
>profile, i.e. when to turn off the monitor, hdd's, etc.
>
>I would like to be able to inject the lid-close option into the VM
>(even if it won't work in the VM itself) since deployment of this
>machine to laptops has resulted in that option being missing.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jon Harvey

>Bob,
>
>Thank you for your response! I was hoping to have the VM as a fully
>pre-packaged, ready-to-rollout image, and pre-set the power options
>for lid close behavior from within the VM before deploying to the
>laptops so that I do not have to customize that setting on each
>machine. As you have rightly indicated, I don't care about what it
>does within the VM. It is only post-deployment behavior I am
>interested in affecting.
>
>Jon

> Okay, I get it, but I don't know how it can be done. =A0Perhaps you
> should be asking this question in a general OS, or enterprise
> deployment type forum, as they would be more experienced at that kind
> of an issue. =A0You're prototyping the deployment image in a VM, but the
> issue really isn't a VM issue, but a deployment issue.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:19:14 -0800 (PST), Jon <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
> >Bob,
>
> >Thank you for your response! I was hoping to have the VM as a fully
> >pre-packaged, ready-to-rollout image, and pre-set the power options
> >for lid close behavior from within the VM before deploying to the
> >laptops so that I do not have to customize that setting on each
> >machine. As you have rightly indicated, I don't care about what it
> >does within the VM. It is only post-deployment behavior I am
> >interested in affecting.
>
> >Jon

>Bob,
>
>Thanks again for responding. I actually did ask this in the Windows XP
>Setup/Deployment group originally and the respondent there told me to
>come here! Unfortunately for now it looks like I will have to manage
>these settings manually. Thank you again for all your help.
>
>Jon Harvey
>
>On Nov 17, 8:10 pm, Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
>wrote:
>> Okay, I get it, but I don't know how it can be done.  Perhaps you
>> should be asking this question in a general OS, or enterprise
>> deployment type forum, as they would be more experienced at that kind
>> of an issue.  You're prototyping the deployment image in a VM, but the
>> issue really isn't a VM issue, but a deployment issue.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>> On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:19:14 -0800 (PST), Jon <(email address - cut out)>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Bob,
>>
>> >Thank you for your response! I was hoping to have the VM as a fully
>> >pre-packaged, ready-to-rollout image, and pre-set the power options
>> >for lid close behavior from within the VM before deploying to the
>> >laptops so that I do not have to customize that setting on each
>> >machine. As you have rightly indicated, I don't care about what it
>> >does within the VM. It is only post-deployment behavior I am
>> >interested in affecting.
>>
>> >Jon

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to set up a virtual XP machine for deployment to laptops.
> I have successfully used a third-party utility which ensures that the
> proper drivers are installed on the physical machines post-image-
> deployment.
>
> Additionally, I want to pre-set various power options, like lid close
> behavior, before deployment. Unfortunately those options do not show
> up in the VM. I have searched online but the typical results re:
> registry hacks tend to point towards simply applying a different power
> profile, i.e. when to turn off the monitor, hdd's, etc.
>
> I would like to be able to inject the lid-close option into the VM
> (even if it won't work in the VM itself) since deployment of this
> machine to laptops has resulted in that option being missing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon Harvey