Currently Windows stores power config in Binary values which native group
policy does not provide a solution for. This will be provided however in
Vista and Longhorn. I have come accross this in the past that may be worth
considering.
http://www.terranovum.com/projects/energystar/ez_gpo.html
The other alternative would be to consider changing registry security to
allow users to change power settings. If this was possible you could then
user the powercfg command in a logon script to define the power scheme
required and prevent access to the GUI power settings using GPO. A machine
GPO could be used to set the security.
Reg Key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls
Folder\PowerCfg
Right-click on the "GlobalPowerPolicy" key and choose "Permissions".
Click on the "Advanced" button.
Click "Add",type INTERACTIVE and click "Check names", then OK.
Check the "Set value" and "Create Subkey" checkboxes in the "Allow" column,
and click OK, then OK, then OK.
Do the same thing with the "PowerPolicies" key.
Dave Britt
