Power Options

[Guest]

I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate with full Admin account and yet I'm unable
to change my Active Power plan. I've tried adjusting the Group Policy and
also using the Power CFG still with no results.. powercfg
-getsecuritydescriptor indicates that I should have full access (KA).. Does
anyone have any ideas ?

Thanks..

Anthony

 

[Spirit]

Does your laptop have Power Settings in the BIOS? Some do and
does Sony have a utility for changing some systematic functions? My
Toshiba does.

 

[AJR]

Anthony - Vista default setting for all "group policy" setting is "not
configured" - no acrtion required on your part. In additon many policies
function only in a "domain" environment and not "locally"

Also in Vista Standard - non-Administrator- users can mange almost all power
management settings on their computer. There are advanced settings that the
Standard user can also configure

Regarding Powercfg.exe - there are some settings that require running from
an "elevated command prompt" - keep in mind that as an Adminstrator you do
not automatically do so (e.g. elevated prompt).
You are probably aware that it (Powercfg.exe) uses Windows GUIDs - it does
upport "aliases (command "powercfg.exe -aliases) for common GUIDs.