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go into Group Policy<br />
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Create a policy and call it Win7Powermanagement or something<br />
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Apply it to your win7 OU or create an ou that has all the win 7 machines in it and apply it there.<br />
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Then in your new policy go to Computer Configuration\preferences\<wbr />Control Panel Settings\Power options &nbsp;<br />
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In the power options window right click -&gt; create new power plan vista and later.<br />
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Set the options you need and you should be good!<br />
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Gpupdate /force on the machines you applied it to.<br />
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Casey
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go into Group Policy

Create a policy and call it Win7Powermanagement or something

Apply it to your win7 OU or create an ou that has all the win 7 machines in it and apply it there.

Then in your new policy go to Computer Configuration\preferences\Control Panel Settings\Power options  

In the power options window right click -> create new power plan vista and later.

Set the options you need and you should be good!

Gpupdate /force on the machines you applied it to.


Casey

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I don't have the option &quot;create new power plan vista and later.&quot; &nbsp;I only have &quot;Power Option Windows XP.&quot;
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I don't have the option "create new power plan vista and later."  I only have "Power Option Windows XP."

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Sorry forgot to mention that you have to have either a 2008 r2 or install the rsat tools on a windows 7 machine then you can login as admin and edit the gpo from the win 7 box via rsat tools.<br />
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Casey
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Sorry forgot to mention that you have to have either a 2008 r2 or install the rsat tools on a windows 7 machine then you can login as admin and edit the gpo from the win 7 box via rsat tools.

Casey

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My original question was can it be done on teh server. I know I can install RSAT on a Windows 7 computer but I was hoping not to have to do that
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My original question was can it be done on teh server. I know I can install RSAT on a Windows 7 computer but I was hoping not to have to do that

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I have an SBS 2008 sever. In GPO the only option for power management is for XP. Is there a way to configured Windows 7 power options on the server. I'd prefer not to install RSAT on a windows 7 computer?
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I have an SBS 2008 sever. In GPO the only option for power management is for XP. Is there a way to configured Windows 7 power options on the server. I'd prefer not to install RSAT on a windows 7 computer?

GPO Windows 7 power management

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.