Handling users power management settings (AD/XP)

[K Berrien]

I scoured GPO options (2003 Server), and I find nothing that will
allow me to specify user power management settings!

A domain user, running XP defaults to 15 min power management
timeouts. I've got some network apps that fail after sleeping....
Seems only way I can get around is to make the user a local admin,
adjust the setting, and remove them out of the admin group. I can't
do this for every workstation/ever user profile.

How are people handling this?

 

[Brendon Rogers]

Microsoft handing of Power Management profiles is completely retarded.

Some of the registries settings which control PM are binary values and these
cannot be set through Group Policy.

I handle my settings by changing the Default User profile during the RIS
process.

Another method is to change the permissions on the section of the registry
which contains the power management settings (this can be done via GPO) so a
normal user can change the settings:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls
Folder\PowerCfg.

You may also find something useful here:
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_pm_enable_xp

 

[K Berrien]

Excellent details... thanks!

Microsoft handing of Power Management profiles is completely retarded.

Some of the registries settings which control PM are binary values and these
cannot be set through Group Policy.

I handle my settings by changing the Default User profile during the RIS
process.

Another method is to change the permissions on the section of the registry
which contains the power management settings (this can be done via GPO) so a
normal user can change the settings:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls
Folder\PowerCfg.

You may also find something useful here:
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_pm_enable_xp