Group Policy - Power options

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Morley Lee

I am trying to find a way to have group policy control my power options
under control panel. My network consists of Windows XP pc's.

Any help would be greatly appreciated....
Thanks in advance

Morley
 
what is your exact goal?

is it just to change the power option to say "always On" if this is the case
i can help you with an adm i made my self.

you can then add it to AD..

the option Gil gave you is very good but if your company is like mine which
never wants to spend money for a worthy cause then let me know..

Good Luck...
 
I am trying to find a way to have group policy control my power options
under control panel. My network consists of Windows XP pc's.

Any help would be greatly appreciated....
Thanks in advance

Morley
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You could run Powercfg.erxe in a startup script.

See tip 8369 » POWERCFG.EXE is a command-line tool that allows an administrator to control the power settings of a Windows XP SP2 system.
in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com


FYI, see tip 6778 » Only administrators can alter the Power schemes on a Windows 2000 Professional computer?




Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com
 
Morley said:
I am trying to find a way to have group policy control my power options
under control panel. My network consists of Windows XP pc's.

Any help would be greatly appreciated....
Thanks in advance
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Hi,

You might be interested in this one:

ENERGY STAR's free EZ GPO tool allows a network admin to
centrally control power management settings using a GPO
Administrative Template

EZ GPO
http://www.terranovum.com/projects/energystar/ez_gpo.html
http://www.terranovum.com/docs/energystar/EZ_GPO/doc.html
 
<plug>or DesktopStandard</plug>
Quest as well builds extensions. I am not sure if they have Power options...
 
Morley Lee !!!!

here is an adm i used at my job sorry for the late response been busy at
work...

note the last line in the snippet below should be replaced with you company
name or other relevant ifo for your knowledge.

anyone with any corrections please let me know and again Morley Lee test
this to see if this will work....

hope this helps...

*************************************************

CLASS USER

CATEGORY !!main_FOLDER

CATEGORY !!XP_2K

POLICY !!Power
EXPLAIN !!Power_Explain

KEYNAME "Control Panel\PowerCfg"

PART "Set the User's Power Options " DROPDOWNLIST
VALUENAME "CurrentPowerPolicy"
ITEMLIST
NAME "Home/Office Desk" VALUE 0
NAME "Portable/Laptop" VALUE 1
NAME "Presentation" VALUE 2
NAME "Always On" VALUE 3 DEFAULT
NAME "Minimal Power Management" VALUE 4
NAME "Max Battery" VALUE 5
END ITEMLIST
NOSORT
END PART

END POLICY ; Power

POLICY !!PowerHib
EXPLAIN !!PowerHib_Explain

KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Power"

PART !!Pass_Resume CHECKBOX
VALUENAME "PromptPasswordOnResume"
DEFCHECKED
VALUEON NUMERIC 0
VALUEOFF NUMERIC 1
END PART

END POLICY ; PowerHib

END CATEGORY ; XP_2K

END CATEGORY ; main_FOLDER


[strings]

XP_2K="Power Options Tweaks"

Power="Change the Power Schemes per User"

Power_Explain="Most users still have thier power settings as Home/Office
Desk. these computers are usually old Dell models as well as Gateway
Computers.\n\n"Home/Office Desk":\n\n This scheme is suited to most home or
desktop computers that are left plugged in all the
time.\n\n\n"Portable/Laptop":\n\n This scheme is designed for extended
battery life for portable computers on the road.\n\n\n"Presentation":\n\n
This scheme keeps the monitor on for doing presentations.\n\n\n"Always
On":\n\n This scheme keeps the computer running so that it can be accessed
from the network. Use this scheme if you do not have network wakeup
hardware. "\n\n\n"Minimal Power Management":\n\nThis scheme keeps the
computer on and optimizes it for high performance.\n\n\n"Max Battery":\n\n
This scheme is extremely aggressive for saving power."

PowerHib="Hibernation Tweaks"

Powerhib_Explain=" So far the only option available is controlling the
"Prompt for Password on Resume" option.\n\n\n With this option checked by
default the "Prompt for Password on Resume" will be disabled meaning that if
a machine should go into hibernation upon resume there will be no password
request.\n\n\n The opposite applies if the checkbox is left unchecked."

Pass_Resume="Disable Prompt for Password on Resume"


main_FOLDER="XXXXX"

*********************************************************

when you test this gpo check the test client machine's registry for the keys
to see if the values are actually set correct.....

Tony...
 
here is te second part for hibernation:

The information for the hibernation mode are placed in the following
registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power

the actuall key is likely:
"Heuristics"=hex:05,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,3f,42,0f,00


test this out yourself...


To deploy this configuration by group policy you should export this registry
key from a client whose hibernation mode is deactivated. Therefore regedit
should be used and the key must be exported as a .reg file.

this reg key is a reg bin so adm templates cannot help you...

third party software such as policy maker can help you push out this reg key
without scripts.... and much more... i am not sure about the cost of the
software


you need to use a startup script that you can set in active directory...

whichever method you use involving reg importing or copying this setting
will take effect upon next reboot....
 
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