"Users" group doesn't power manage

[Dave]

First - Thanks to Doug Knox for earlier response on XP
Security Console (nice tool). However, this did not fix
my problem.

After further testing I have found whenever accounts are
only in "Users" group the system skips power management
(does not standby, turn off screen, or power down disk).
If I add the accounts into "Admin" or "Power Users" then
the power management will work.

Here is simple test case:
1> Create new account "foo" and add into both "Users"
and "Admin" groups.
2> Login to foo and set power management settings:
example: standby= 1min
(click OK and wait to confirm standby is working).
3> Now logout of foo.
4> Remove foo from Admin group (leave only in "Users").
5> Login again to foo and wait for several minutes and
the power management features will not work.

Has anyone else seen this (or can you reproduce)?
Anyone know how to fix (or ideas of where to look)?

Thanks in advance,

- Dave

 

[Shain Wray [MSFT]]

Hello Dave,

Power options can only be configured by the administrator, so you will have
to make the current User an admin, make the settings and then remove the
current User
form the admin group. For new users you can refer to the following KB
articles so that it is setup automatically -

291586 HOW TO: Add Customized User Settings When You Run Sysprep
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291586

Best regards,
--
Shain Wray
Microsoft PSS Security Team

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