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Doug Brooks Posted on Jun 12, 2016

What is Open GlobalPowerPolicy Registry Error on upgrade to Windows10? Related to 'Power4 Gear' but no symptoms!

I've just changed from Windows7home to Windows10home successfully, all is working OK......But...... On every power-on/sign-in I get a error box open with the title 'Power4 Gear' and the error message: Open GlobalPowerPolicy Registry Error HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy . I just click OK and everything runs perfectly. There are no symptoms at all, and all the Power and Power-saving functions seem to work fine. I've had a look at the Registry entries at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy and they are identical to those on my other desktop PC with W7 Pro. Anyone have any ideas? There doesn't seem to be an actual problem, but I'd like to get rid of the error message! SOLVED! False error caused by driver incompatibility. PHotkey driver needed to be set to run in compatibility mode for Windows 7. This also cured problem of Fn hotkey not fully functional - now is! Hope this helps someone.

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This sounds like an issue with a service running on Windows. The directory points to the control panel. Try going to the control panel, open administrator tools and open your services. Try turning off this service and see what effect (if any) it has on the error. You might also be able to disable the service through task manager but a lot of times it has to be done through system services because of admin privileges. Good luck.

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    Doug Brooks Jun 13, 2016

    Thanks, James, for the suggestion. I tried as you described, but nothing I do to the 'Power' service has any effect on the error message. regards, Doug.

  • James Carroll Jun 13, 2016

    You might also try running msconfig on command prompt or search for it and see if it shows up in your startup programs. If it does, you might be able to disable it. If it is a power service or application, you may need it. It may also be an essential service that Windows needs to operate. If you disable it and have startup problems after disabling it, try starting in safe mode and turn it back on. I'm not really familiar with Windows 10 but if you get this error on startup, msconfig (under startup tab) would be the first place I would start looking. Hope you solve the problem. Good luck.

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    Doug Brooks Oct 16, 2016

    Thanks for your efforts, but further online research means the problem is SOLVED! False error caused by driver incompatibility. PHotkey driver needed to be set to run in compatibility mode for Windows 7. This also cured problem of Fn hotkey not fully functional - now is! Hope this helps someone.
    Regards, Doug

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