Change Power option on a Windows XP domain computer.

Power Options are profile dependant.  You need to adjust this using a dummy account, then copy this profile to the Default Users profile.  Remove any local profiles that already exist.

When the user logs in again, they should get the settings.

You might have to delete each person's roaming profile (if they have one) - otherwise, you'll need to script it using elevated privileges so it runs as the user when they log in, but with Admin rights.

Thank you for your quick response. Let me make sure if I got this right.
I need to create a dummy user account in the PC. (An account that does not exist in the Domain).
I probably going to need to login to the local computer only and change the setting for my Power Options for the dummy user.
Delete the local Profiles for the users and them copy the dummy profile to the user profiles.
Delete the Roaming Profiles and then log on to the Domain from the PC.

Is this rigth?

Thanks

mikeleebrla,

If I login to the PC with the workstation only, I need to have a profile in the local PC. If I go to Documents and Settings
on the PC , I see the profiles for the Users. If I log on to the Network,  It will synchronize with my network profiles.
Right??

So basically, I have profiles in the Local PC and on the network for the users.

Don't delete the Default User profile.

After you make the Dummy account and log in with it, adjust the power settings.
Log out.
Log in using the local Admin account (or a Domain Admin account)
Delete all the profiles except the Administrator and the Dummy Account from here: right click My Computer and select properties, then select the User Profile tab).
Now, select the Dummy Account's profile in the same window and hit the button for "Copy To"
Browse to the Default User profile in Documents and Settings (you may need to unhide it from Explorer first).
Select yes to copy it there.
When prompted for "Allowed to use" select Authenticated Users.

Log out.

Make sure to delete any Roaming profiles on the server - BUT - save the contents of My Documents and Favorites (and the Outlook folder in Local Settings>Microsoft if you use POP mail) to a safe location first.  When the user logs into the workstation, then logs off you may copy the saved stuff into the new profile on the server again.

This should do it.

netman,, that does the exact same thing as i suggested,, you just copied over the default user profile..... i said to delete it (which just moves it to the recycle bin so it's there as a backup).  Both of our solutions are just two ways of accomplishing the same thing.  mine is just safer b/c it saves a backup copy of the default user profile, while yours just copies over it.  

I understand that..   By deleting the Default User profile you lose whatever ACLs were set by default - I'm simply trying to avoid guessing if you have all the right ACLs on a new profile folder - one less thing to be concerned about.