Re: Power Management

From: Nick Falcone (nfalcone@cityofshawnee.org)
Date: 01/31/03


From: "Nick Falcone" <nfalcone@cityofshawnee.org>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 06:35:59 -0800


Nevermind, it doesn't work at all. I'm not sure why not
though. I suppose the registry entries aren't right.

>-----Original Message-----
>Thank you for all the info. I made a .reg file that
>changes the registry in 3 places where I believe the
>power management settings are and it run in a batch file
>placed in the logoff and shutdown dialogs of the Windows
>GPO. I isolated the keys and values using regmon
>(registry monitor). I have yet to be able to test
>thoroughly, but it appears to work on my XP desktop
>machine, and did not work on a an XP laptop. My feeling
>is that I'll have to re-isolate entries for laptop
>machines because of the extra battery settings. I will
>be testing the .reg file on 2k machines today. Thanks
>
>-Nick Falcone
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Here's what I believe is the solution: research the
>registry value
>>associated with power management, and put that registry
>value into a plain
>>text file called filename.INF, then use the MMC to add
>the Security
>>Configuration snapin and import that file into a
>security database or the
>>Active Directory Users and Computers snapin [I think]
to
>import those
>>settings into Group Policy. [never done the second one,
>but the first one
>>should definitely work]
>>
>>You can roll out these settings either by Active
>Directory group policy as
>>described above [I think], or by copying the file
around
>and using the
>>SECEDIT command with the AT command or task scheduler
>icon to run the
>>SECEDIT command to apply the security database you
>created [click Start,
>>Run, SECEDIT, OK for more info on SECEDIT].
>>
>>However, because this will only solve the problem with
>Windows 2000 and XP,
>>you might consider a different method of delivery if
you
>have other clients,
>>such as a .REG file and using the REGEDIT /S
>x:\filename.reg command to
>>import the settings.
>>
>>To see the format of group policy templates, edit the
>files in
>>windowsroot\security\templates\ with Notepad. Look for
>the sections
>>regarding registry values. More information is in
>google and
>>microsoft.com/support and microsoft.com/technet
Example:
>>
>>;-------------------------------------------------------
-
>--------
>>;Registry Values
>>;-------------------------------------------------------
-
>--------
>>[Registry Values]
>>; Registry value name in full path = Type, Value
>>; REG_SZ ( 1 )
>>; REG_EXPAND_SZ ( 2 ) // with
environment
>variables to expand
>>; REG_BINARY ( 3 )
>>; REG_DWORD ( 4 )
>>; REG_MULTI_SZ ( 7 )
>>
>>MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\AuditBaseOb
j
>ects=4,0
>>MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\CrashOnAudi
t
>Fail=4,0
>>MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\FullPrivile
g
>eAuditing=3,0
>>
>>
>>
>>"Nick Falcone" <nfalcone@cityofshawnee.org> wrote in
>message
>>news:00fb01c2c88f$5e1e2e70$d5f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA12...
>>> Let me know if you happen across anything. I've
spent
>a
>>> number of hours searching through google myself. It's
>>> necessary, so I'm not going to stop looking for it,
>but I
>>> have yet to discover anything.
>>>
>>> -Nick Falcone
>>>
>>>
>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >Sorry, I misread your post.
>>> >
>>> >I would have to / want to search www.google.com
and/or
>>> >www.google.com/advanced_group_search to answer the
>>> question.
>>> >
>>> >It could be that this is not by default in Group
>Policy
>>> and you might have
>>> >to locate the necessary registry settings and values.
>>> Once you've done
>>> >this, you should be able to roll these out via a
>number
>>> of ways, possibly
>>> >including a Group Policy template.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >"Nick Falcone" <nfalcone@cityofshawnee.org> wrote in
>>> message
>>> >news:074301c2c888$ce0cad80$cef82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA08...
>>> >> Applying the group policies nessecary for the
screen
>>> >> saver and screen lock are not a problem. I need a
>way
>>> to
>>> >> globally change the power options.
>>> >>
>>> >> -Nick
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>>
>.
>



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