Darren, I just found this in the Help documentation under "Configure a Windows XP Power Scheme Item": -------------------- Additional considerations If a user Power Scheme item processes after a computer Power Scheme item, user power scheme settings replace the active settings, which may have been made active previously by a computer or user Power Scheme item. The local administrator and power users can manually change their power scheme settings using the control panel; other users cannot. Regardless, the settings configured for users become active when they log on and remain so even after they log off. Settings applied to the computer become active when the computer is started without a logged-on user. However, Power Scheme preference items, which support Group Policy background refreshes, can reset power scheme settings when computer policy is applied without a logged-on user. -------------------- So based on what this is saying, there really is no difference in applying settings to the computer vs. the user except that computer settings take effect immediately. Once a user policy is applied, it stays in effect after logoff and the computer policies aren't applied again until the machine is rebooted. However, it still doesn't explain why the computer policy is getting applied at background refresh while a user is still logged on. That, I think, is the main problem here. Jamie Nelson | Systems Engineer | Systems Support, Information Technology | I N T E G R I S Health | Phone 405.552.0903 | Fax 405.553.5687 | http://www.integrisok.com -----Original Message----- From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 6:55 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Configuring Power Options with GPP Would be interesting to try settung the GPP CSE to process even if there have been no GP changes. -----Original Message----- From: "Nelson, Jamie R" <Jamie.Nelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 5/22/2008 4:45 PM Subject: [gptalk] Re: Configuring Power Options with GPP Darren, It only appears to ignore the user policies during a background refresh when a scheme is also configured on the computer side. If I remove all computer side configuration then it behaves as I want it to. The scheme with highest precedence is applied regardless of background/foreground refresh. Strange to say the least... Jamie Nelson | Systems Engineer | Systems Support, Information Technology | I N T E G R I S Health | Phone 405.552.0903 | Fax 405.553.5687 | http://www.integrisok.com -----Original Message----- From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 6:20 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Configuring Power Options with GPP I wouldn't think so. I will forward to MS and see what they say. Darren -----Original Message----- From: "Nelson, Jamie R" <Jamie.Nelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 5/22/2008 4:15 PM Subject: [gptalk] Re: Configuring Power Options with GPP Positive. There appears to be something different between a foreground and background refresh in this case. Here's another test I just did: 1) Computer Configuration set to apply "Always On" scheme (GPO has lowest precedence) 2) User configuration set to apply "Home/Office Desk" scheme 3) User configuration set to apply "Portable/Laptop" scheme (GPO has highest precedence and should win out regardless of foreground/background refresh). 4) Manually set scheme to "Max Battery" 5) Reboot machine 6) Logon as user affected by policies 2 & 3. Power scheme is set to "Portable/Laptop" (as expected). 7) Run gpupdate 8) Power scheme is set to "Always On" from GPO in step 1. So, it appears that the schemes I configured on the user side are being totally ignored when GPP processes during a background refresh. Surely this is not by design is it? [truncated by sender] *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. 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