Windows Server 2003 Group Policy - power management

[tharris]

Hello,

Does anyone know a technical reason why there are no power management group
policy settings in server 2003? Was it just an oversight by Microsoft or
something else?

Server 2008 has power management GPO's. Are they bakcward compatible with
Windows XP? Is there a client that needs to be installed or will it work
natively?

Thank you

 

[Florian Frommherz [MVP]]

Howdie!

Does anyone know a technical reason why there are no power management group
policy settings in server 2003? Was it just an oversight by Microsoft or
something else?

I hear you. I'm not sure why there wasn't a solution for power
management until Server 2008. Seems like they didn't see a reason in
including it.

Server 2008 has power management GPO's. Are they bakcward compatible with
Windows XP? Is there a client that needs to be installed or will it work
natively?

The Power settings under "Policies" are Vista-only. The Power Options
under Preferences\Control Panel Settings however are for Windows XP. If
you've already rolled out the Preferences Client Side Extension
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943729), you can give it a try right away.

cheers,

Florian

 

[khamees79]

i found the solution here
https://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-170906.php

tried it on my domain, and it works.
no more angry users