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Configure machines to never sleep or power off in Active Directory Server 2008 R2
Posted on 2012-12-20
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Can someone suggest the best method to configure power settings in AD? Would this best be configured in the login script or in a GPO? I need to set all machiens in the domain to never power off or go to sleep. Help will be appreciated!
Thank you.
Can someone suggest the best method to configure power settings in AD? Would this best be configured in the login script or in a GPO? I need to set all machiens in the domain to never power off or go to sleep. Help will be appreciated!
Thank you.
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I prefere GPOs. Here is a good blog article with step by step instructions.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/grouppolicy/archive/2009/09/30/configuring-a-power-plan-with-group-policy-preferences-by-alan-burchill.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/grouppolicy/archive/2009/09/30/configuring-a-power-plan-with-group-policy-preferences-by-alan-burchill.aspx
Here is a good blog that I have used in the past
http://blogs.technet.com/b/grouppolicy/archive/2009/06/16/power-management.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/grouppolicy/archive/2009/06/16/power-management.aspx
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