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enable access to power options on control panel

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by triathlete1981 2 views

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I need to change the power options on one user's laptop so it'll never prompt for a password, never go into standby, and never turn off the monitor. change the power options, right.

problem is user is not in admin group. so i added him to admin group on laptop. couldn't chnage power options. got an "access denied" message.

i logged in as the actual admin account and changed the power options, but that didn't change the power options for the user. i need to gain access to the control panel while logged in under his account to change the power options. a couple icons in control panel i can access provided i supply the admin password, but this is not true for the power options icon.

any help would be appreciated.

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by older mycroft

In the system tray. That'll access all power management options for the user.

by jking

I tried that for the user - still no luck in being able to save the power options for the user - no problems for those users that have administrative privledges

by pc-guru

right click on my computer and do a run as
select your admin account select control panel for the left hand side
and change the settings

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