Power Manager and display brightness level

Hello,
In my settings (Power Manager v1.89) set is average level of display brightness (for Battery and AC settings) but for some reason after Switch User or after Stanby Mode the brightness becomes to maximum level, but not to my settings.
Why?
Best regards,
Alex
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 13
Windows XP SP3
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Oh, but of course! Why wouldn't core Power Manager functionality not involving hotkeys depend upon the Hotkeys software? /s

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