Changing power settings for limited access users

[MLUFT]

We have a group policy setup that does not allow our limited users
access to Control panel or display settings. We need to change
settings on a laptop for the timeout features, such as hibernate,
sleep, etc. for a limited user account. Does anyone know of a work
around for this?

 

[Guest]

You can assign Full Control for Users in the registry key as shown below. I
use regperm to automate this for silent deployment.

regperm.exe /k
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls
Folder\PowerCfg" /A:Users:F /E /I /F

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Though I have not tried it myself there is a free Group Policy add on to
manage power settings that you may find useful at the link below. --- Steve

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_pm_ez_gpo

ENERGY STAR's free EZ GPO tool allows a network administrator to centrally
control power management settings using GPOs. In addition to setting monitor
power management, EZ GPO can also activate "system standby," which places
the computer (CPU, hard drive, etc.) to sleep