[windows2000] Re: Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:34:28 +0100
The Energy Star EZ-GPO thingy supports hibernation, which is better than
sleep/standby, unless you mean "sleep" as in hibernation.
There are three modes, right, just make sure we speak of the same thing (and
I'm not missing any state...):
(Ordered in energy state)
* Full on, ready to use, "normal" state, "On".
* Sleep/standby.
* Hibernation.
* Completely off.
--
/Sorin
>-----Original Message-----
>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Steve Snyder
>Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:57 PM
>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
>
>I think even the energy star thing just puts PCs to sleep. no way to do it
AKAIK without
>a script running somewhere, either manually or scheduled
>
>vista PCs can be managed via GPO
>
>
>On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:32 AM, Patrick <london31uk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Yep,
>
> That is the way I have done it in the past. good old hyena. I thought
>hibernate would be good enough, but they are insisting on shutdown.
>
>
> Thanks
> 't knowbb
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
>________________________________
>
> From: Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:26:31 AM
>
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
>
>
> Isn't hibernate good enough? What's the actual saving on shutting down
> completely vs hibernate?
>
> Anyway, roll out a startup script and add an at-job to be run at
1900hrs. I
> believe MS has some shutdown tools. Or just use Sysinternals psexec
>and
> psshutdown.
>
> The way I do (similar stuff) it, is to occasionally use Hyena to get
an
>updated
> list of all computers on the domain and dump that list to text file,
eg
> computers.txt. Then I have a scheduled task on my computer to run
>
> "C:\Program Files\pstools\psexec" @c:\computers.txt -s
> "%programfiles%\pstools\psshutdown -f -k"
>
> Or something like that.
> --
>
> /Sorin
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >On Behalf Of Patrick
>
> >Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:39 AM
> >To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >Subject: [windows2000] Re: Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
> >
> >Well sort of. The school is looking for a solution were by pc's are
turned
>off
> >auto
> >everyday @ 7pm. We also want the ability to send the monitor into
>power save
> >mode.
> >
> >This tool looks great, but it seems it will only solve the latter
problem, I
>am
> >still stuck
> >with finding a solution that actually shuts down the pc at a certain
time. I
> >know this is
> >possible with a script, but that means constantly updating the list
of
> >computers when
> >ever a new one is joined onto the domain
> >
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Patrick
> >
> >
> >________________________________
> >
> >From: Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:00:32 AM
> >Subject: [windows2000] Re: Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
> >
> >I believe your problems can be solved with the "Terra Novum EZ GPO
>Tool" for
> >setting standby timeouts for computer and monitor etc for WinXP
>machines (Vista
> >already supports this AFAIK).
> >
> >Check http://www.terranovum.com/projects/energystar/ez_gpo.html. It's
>free.
> >
> >I've run this for well over a year, probably two, and it works fine.
An
> >ADM-template is included IIRC, and the software itself comes as a
msi-
>package
> >to
> >deploy ever AD with a GPO.
> >
> >More info on
>http://www.terranovum.com/projects/energystar/index.html.
> >
> >Are you on a green-spree at work? ;-)
> >--
> >/Sorin
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >>On Behalf Of Patrick
> >>Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:49 AM
> >>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [windows2000] Auto-shutdown pc's with GPO
> >>
> >>Hi Guys,
> >>
> >>We are trying to setup a process were all pc's are turned off at a
>certain
> >>time
> >>of the
> >>day. Just wondering if this is archievable with GPO, I have looked
thru,
>but
> >>can not
> >>seem to find anything, all I see are suggestions of using scripts to
do
>this.
> >>Also we
> >>would like to turn off monitors if they have remained idle for about
>30mins,
> >>would this
> >>be a powersave mode setting?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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