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Windows 2000 Power Options

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by tommydigital

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How can I as the administrator set the power options in Win 2k Pro for all users? (i.e. turn off monitor after xx mins., etc.)

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by quintar51

what you can do is go into control panel, power options, and specify how long before the monitor shuts off. Then, to prevent users from going in there and changing it, you can implement group policy.

If it's just on one workstation, you'll need to edit the local group policy by going to start->run, type gpedit.msc. If you're in a domain, you'll need to edit the domain policy using Active Directory users and computers, right-click on the domain and edit the default policy, or create a newone.

Once you're in group policy, go to User Configuration->administrative templates->control panel. You should see 'disable control panel'. YOu can enable that OR you can enable 'show only specified control panel applets'. This will show only specific applets in the control panel.

You should also then click on Display, and enable 'hide screen saver tab'.

This will prevent from users changing the power options for the monitor.

good luck,

by tommydigital

When I set the power parameters logged in as the administrator the power parameters for the users remain unchanged. I need to set the parameters so that they take effect globally.

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