RE: Batch File using Powercfg.exe Won't Run

OK, I missed something very basic here......

I guess because Power Management is normally only configurable by
Administrators, I assumed that it was not profile specific, but you just
pointed out that it is. That changes everything.

I wonder what the power scheme is when nobody is logged on.

Thanks much.

"George Yin(MSFT)" wrote:

Hello Baboon,

Thank you for your post. This is George and I will be assisting you in this
post.

Based on your information, I understand that you want to use a startup
script to automatically change Windows XP computers' power configuration
through Group Policy. However, when users log on these Windows XP
computers, the power configuration doesn't change.

If anything is unclear, please feel free to let me know.

Let us make sure what causes this issue together.

Analysis and suggestions:
=========================

1. We should apply this script to "User Configuration" rather than
"Computer Configuration".

Please note, Power Schemes are configured on a per-user basis. So this
policy will not work if it is applied to "Computer Configuration".

After doing this, please make sure again this policy applies when user logs
on these Windows XP computers.

We can check if policies apply by using RSoP. For details about this,
please refer to:

How To Install and Use RSoP in Windows Server 2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323276/en-us

2. Make sure users who will log on these Windows XP computers have proper
permissions.

Power configuration may require some special permissions. This requires
local computer administrator or system privileges. For details about this,
please refer to:

How to use Powercfg.exe to create a Group Policy object for power schemes
in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915160/en-us

3. Please note, some policies won't work until we log on to computers the
second time.

To ensure these scripts apply, after the first time we log on to the
Windows XP computers, we can run "gpupdate /force" in a command prompt. We
log off, and then we log on again.

If anything is unclear or if this issue remains, please feel free to let me
know.

I look forward to your reply.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
George Yin
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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