Configure machines to never sleep or power off in Active Directory Server 2008 R2

coldfirenj used Ask the Experts™

on 2012-12-20

Experts,

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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Thomas GrassiSystems Administrator

Commented: 2012-12-20

Check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTmDIP01AXY

Hope this helps

Gary DewrellSenior Network Administrator

Commented: 2012-12-20

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

Darius Ghassem

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Commented: 2012-12-20

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

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