How do I give users permission to chage there Power Options properties

[LeonBar]

I have a windows 2000 domain with 25 work stations connected useing windows 2000. They are standard uers how do I give them permission to adjust the power settings. By default a standard user can't change there power settings only the screensaver. I have 5 computers connected to a 911 system that can't have the monitors going off after 20 minutes. It takes too long for them to come back up if they get a call.

Thank you LeonBar

 

[KNThomason]

Go to settings > control panel > in the control panel look for the icon "power option" click on that icon should be on the first screen. I hope this helps.

 

[SuperJon]

Is this an active directory domain ?

 

[LeonBar]

Yes this is an active directory domain. The administrator can change the settings but as soon as you login as a regular user if you try and change the time out on the monitor you get a message. power policy manager unable to set active policy, access is denied.

If you have a stand alone windows 2000 computer you create a regular user login as that user try and change the power setting in the control panel screensave you will get the same message.

 

[KNThomason]

It sounds like the users do not have permissions on the local computer. How was the O/S installed and how were the users created, what kind of profile.

 

[LeonBar]

The computers were Formatted and the OS loaded clean. The users have roaming profiles. I have configured active directory to handle the users. All users authenticate to the server. They don't login locally. Do you have to give them some type of special permission to give the ability to alter the time out on the screensaver power saver? I found out how to give them access to change the clocks but could not find out how to give them access to change the time out on the monitor power settings.

Leon

 

[SuperJon]

Test

Give a domain user local administration rights on there computer.

Log them on as normal. If you can change the powersettings then this is your problem.

Create a new group with relevant restrictions and add the users to this group. Use that group.

 

[LeonBar]

How do you give a domain user local administrative rights? All I need to do is make it so the monitors don't go off after 20 minutes. the default setting in windows2000.

 

[d1onysus]

Log in to the PC in question as admin, go to control panel----User accounts----If the users Domain account isn't under users----Browse and add his Domain account, then give him/her admin rights. It will just affect the PC not the Domain.

 

[hewissa]

Giving users Local admin rights can create further headaches for any network admin. I would suggest using the Power Users option. Only for local machines though not PU for the domain.

As for doing it in one full sweep, as in a gpo, I have yet to find out how. Hewissa

MCSE, CCNA, CIW

 

[infinito]

How do you assign domain users to the local Power User group?

And, there is no global power user group...

I am having a related problem.... All my workstations (win2K pro and some WinXps) require Visual Studio.... In VB6.0 when my domain users try to add components (from Projects --> Components).... VB just exits on some PCs, or on some PCs... gives a message --> Permission Denied....

PinoIT, on another thread, advised me to check out a Microsoft Support page... and do as directed there... (give rights to the relevant group in the registry)... I did that... but still didn't work....

Anyways, VB co-operates fine... if I make my users Power Users.... and I it would be nice to give these guys more freedom at the workstations, anyways....

So is there any Domain-"Power Users"?? Or how do I add the users' group to the local Power Users group.... There are about 800 users.... (college)

Thanx, Mohit

 

[LeonBar]

Giving the users power user status did give me the ability to set the power off on the monitors. Thank you, the dispatchers in our 911 system will be happy there monitors will not go off after 20minutes. This only is a problem during the midnight shift. During the day they are too busy for the monitors to go off. I will make sure giving them the power user will not let them get into any other places they should not be. I wish Microsoft would not make it so hard to fix the easy stuff.

Issue fixed.

 

[LeonBar]

I forgot one more thing.
Thank you everyone for the wonderful Help.

Leon