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Is there a way to have all users of a computer to have the same power scheme? These are WinXP systems on a Win2k3 domain. I tried the following registry hack w/o success:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg changed to 3 (always on)

I can only get the power settings for individual users to change (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg), but to change for every user on every machine is impractical.

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by mrjay67

Might try adding to Hkey_local_Machine. Also if the users are already created and the profile is not removed when logging out the system is not likely to pick up the default settings. The default settings are usually only picked up when a new user to the system logs in. If your applying a reg key through a login script or through group policy using Current_User shouldnt be a huge task.

The other way we do this is to have all the settings we want on a generic profile and copy it to the default user profile. Beats trying to edit the registry sometimes. This still will only work for a new user/profile.

hth

Jason

by eride

this might help

Device Driver Group Policy Settings

The following table lists and describes the Group Policy settings that are associated with device drivers.

Group Policy Settings Associated with Device Drivers

Administrator_Power_Policy

Defines limits to certain power policy values that are applied globally to all users' power schemes.

Global_Machine_Power_Policy

Contains global computer power policy settings that apply to all power schemes for all users.

Global_Power_Policy

Contains global power policy settings that apply to all power schemes.

Global_User_Power_Policy

Contains global user power policy settings that apply to all power schemes.

Machine_Power_Policy

Contains computer power policy settings that are unique to each power scheme on the computer.

Machine_Processor_Power_Policy

Contains processor power policy settings that apply while the system is running on AC power or battery power.

Power_Action_Policy

Contains information used to set the system power state.

Power_Policy

Contains power policy settings that are unique to each power scheme.

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