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Power Policy Manager unable to set active policy

Asked by speedway in Windows 2000 Operating System

Tags: manager, set, unable, power, active

I have installed a new Windows 2000 Professional workstation on our Windows 2000 Domain. When I installed the workstation using a local administrative account, I enabled the monitor power off option in display settings to 20 minutes. After I finished the installation, I logged on to the domain using a domain user account from this workstation. The user wants the monitor power off option change to 1 hour.

I cannot change the 20 mintues setting to 1 hour. When I try to, I get the message Power Policy Manager unable to set active policy. The user can change screen saver settings freely.

I have used the local administrator account to logon and changed the setting to 1 hour. But when I logon as the user, the setting is still 20 minutes.

I played with gpedit.msc but could not find any settings that relate to the monitor power option.

I was finally able to change this setting for the user by adding the user to Domain Admin group on the Domain controller. After I logged on from the computer as a Domain Admin, I was able to change the power setting. Then I took off the user from the Domain Admin group and logged back on, the monitor power setting is still saved at 1 hour.

My question is how can I change the monitor power setting for the workstation without doing what Ive done? Is this part of the local computer policy or Domain policy?

Ideally, I like to set a default monitor power saving time in the domain and change to an individuals preference is that person wants another setting.

Thanks for any reply.

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Power Policy Manager unable to set active policy

Asked by speedway in Windows 2000 Operating System

Tags: manager, set, unable, power, active

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