Power settings for Default User

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William Oliveri

Hi all,

I've created a base image of Win2K for deployment with sysprep and ghost. I
would like to further customize that image by setting the default user power
settings to all be off (monitor, hard drive, etc) when a new profile is
created. These new images will be under Active Directory.

I've tried to set these settings by creating a test user, setting all the
power settings, screen saver, etc for that user. I then Logged off and
copied that user profile to the default user profile and I set the
permissions of that
profile to Everyone.

Everything works with this method but the darn Power settings. It worked
when I tested it
under the test user but when I copy that profile to the default user and
when I create
a new profile, it doesn't work :-(

Has anyone gotten this to work properly? We plan to be rolling out a load
of workstations and would like the default power settings to be set for
these machines.


Thanks for any help, suggestions, or comments.

Bill
 
William Oliveri said:
Hi all,
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Everything works with this method but the darn Power settings. It worked
when I tested it
under the test user but when I copy that profile to the default user and
when I create
a new profile, it doesn't work :-(
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Hi,

Try editing the defaultuser ntuser.dat setting this key the same as in HKCU
when your settings are those you want.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\0\Policies

Of course, it assumes that the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\PowerCfg\CurrentPowerPolicy is set to 0.

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Nicolas

"This behavior is by design" (Microsoft)
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Yes, I've tried this too by opening up defaultuser ntuser.dat with Regedt32,
editing the key and removing the hive from regedt32. When I bring up a new
user the settings are correct visually but it still does not work. There is
something else going on I can't see which is causing the power off to still
be in effect.

Anyone else have any suggestions on how to make this work?

Thanks in advance,

Bill
 
William Oliveri said:
Yes, I've tried this too by opening up defaultuser ntuser.dat with Regedt32,
editing the key and removing the hive from regedt32. When I bring up a new
user the settings are correct visually but it still does not work. There is
something else going on I can't see which is causing the power off to still
be in effect.

Anyone else have any suggestions on how to make this work?
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Using regmon from sysinternals to trap writes in registry, I can see that
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Power\ACPolicy and DCPolicy are modified too.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls
Folder\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy\Policies seems to be modified too.

Have a look at regmon and try theses keys

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Nicolas

"This behavior is by design" (Microsoft)
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