power schemes

[Jim Handley]

I am trying to set the power scheme on all the computers
in the network. Since I have upgraded to Windows 2003
Server, the power settings on the workstations seem to be
profile specific. As administrator, I change the settings
to "Always On." But when a normal user logs on, it is set
to "Dell Low Power." What can I do to set the power scheme
not to change with the user?

 

[Chris Knapp]

This key in the registry controls the power profile for an individual login:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg]

The power schemes are listed in a subkey and numbered. Set the number of the
scheme you want in CurrentPowerPolicy. This doesn't prevent the user from
changing the policy's details in the control panel however. If you want to
force "Always On" to have a certain config, then you can set that in the
registry too. Set the policy in the control panel, then export the key for
the profile (e.g. Always On) to a reg file. You can then load this reg file
at login with a script.