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More info?)
We're in that mode, too, so I make no claims that this is a be-all-end-all
solution, but it looks good on paper.
"Jenn" wrote:
> Thanks, that helps a great deal. We'll check it out and see how it works.
>
> "Joe Rookie" wrote:
>
> > I stand corrected ... I've asked around with hundreds of admins and never
> > found anything ... Thanks for the link ... We'll check it out ...
> >
> > "Adam" <Adam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:13F9389F-1B08-4491-B069-709FBAC34AEA@microsoft.com...
> > > What about the EnergyStar service? Not considered stable enough for
> > > enterprise deployment?
> > >
> > >
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_pm_ez_gpo
> > >
> > > "Joe Rookie" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Not possible ... This has been researched many times by many people ...
> > But,
> > > > users don't need to be local admins to set power settings ... Power
> > settings
> > > > are set per user, not per PC ...
> > > >
> > > > "Jenn" <Jenn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:C84F7584-5218-4656-9DC4-3052A2B68D63@microsoft.com...
> > > > > Hello. We've been rolling out XP and would like to control the power
> > > > > management settings that put the hard drive, and monitor to sleep.
> > The
> > > > only
> > > > > GPO I can find is whether or not to prompt for a password after
> > > > hibernation.
> > > > >
> > > > > Right now it's a management issue as we do not allow our regular users
> > to
> > > > be
> > > > > local administrators. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
> > > >
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