registry entry for power off option

[Scarlett]

Hello and thanks for reading,
I've noticed that in Windows 2000, the computer power settings are
attached to the user. I'm in a school district where we don't allow
users access to the control panel to change their settings. I've
tried logging on to the network as administrator and locally as the
user but still I do not get access to the control panel. Is there a
machine registry setting that I can change so that I can make the
power settings for all users to be always on so the machine never
locks?

 

[Jason Hall [MSFT]]

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From: (e-mail address removed)12.pa.us (Scarlett)
Subject: registry entry for power off option
Date: 25 May 2004 06:03:53 -0700

Hello and thanks for reading,
I've noticed that in Windows 2000, the computer power settings are
attached to the user. I'm in a school district where we don't allow
users access to the control panel to change their settings. I've
tried logging on to the network as administrator and locally as the
user but still I do not get access to the control panel. Is there a
machine registry setting that I can change so that I can make the
power settings for all users to be always on so the machine never
locks?

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For the user currently logged on:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg contains the
"CurrentPowerPolicy" value.
This registry value has a data number that corresponds to one of the
power schemes as listed in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies
Configure this registry change in a logon script and you will be able to
maintain a consistent power scheme in your network

There is a command line tool that can be used to alter power options:
324347 How to Use Powercfg.exe in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324347

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