Power Management Group Policy

[grumpyfccc]

Is there a way through group policy to manage power management such as powering off monitors,etc. We are a Windows 2003 domain.

Thanks

 

[Roadki11]

I havent used this and have seen mixed reviews about how well it works.

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_mgt_ez_gpo

RoadKi11

"This apparent fear reaction is typical, rather than try to solve technical problems technically, policy solutions are often chosen." - Fred Cohen

 

[Cyberprog]

I had no luck using ezGPO
The method I found was as follows:

You can change the power policy registry key permissions from the domain controller. You don't need to touch the user machine.

start->administrative tools->domain security policy
click the registry folder
action->add key

MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ControlsFolder\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy
MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ControlsFolder\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies

On permissions, click your user group, click full control, save.
I did configure permissions, propagate to subkeys.

This allows the end user to modify their power saving however they like.

Alex Threlfall
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[grumpyfccc]

we hsd no luck with ez gpo either. The Cyberprog suggestion, can it get more granular to specify what features you want on by policy, like turning off the monitor, etc. Thanks

 

[Cyberprog]

Well I guess you could probably dump a registry extract to a reg file, with the security changes above made you can then merge it into the registry silently via your login script?

Alex Threlfall
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[AndyE45]

Have you looked into Group Policy Peferences? This is native to Windows 2008 domains but can be implemented in Windows 2003 domains if you have either a Windows 2008 server or at least one Vista machine with the admin tools.

We've implemented it and it works though there are a few interesting gotchas that we had to work around.

This might help get you started:

http://alsolorzano.com/blogs/tips__...ws-2003-domain-and-a-windows-2008-domain.aspx