[gptalk] Re: Configuring Power Options with GPP
- From: "Nelson, Jamie R" <Jamie.Nelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 18:15:47 -0500
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?
Regards,
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 <http://www.integrisok.com/>
From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 5:46 PM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Configuring Power Options with GPP
Interesting Jamie-So the default GPP behavior is to refresh settings
during each foreground and background refresh. There is an option to
only refresh once. You're sure that that user power setting does not
have that option set?
Darren
From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Nelson, Jamie R
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 3:03 PM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Configuring Power Options with GPP
Yep, they are both there in the XML. Just don't understand why it is
assigning the "Always On" when "Presentation" is being set in a GPO
higher in the precedence order. The really weird thing is that it is
applied correctly after logon. It is only after a background refresh
that it appears to be processing the merged rules in the reverse order.
Doing some testing, I'm not even sure if I need to configure both sides
(like you do with EZ GPO). In GPP, even if no user side scheme is
assigned it appears that whatever scheme configured on the computer side
(if any) is set for the logged on user. So, right now I've disabled user
configuration on my top level GPO (so only one user side scheme is
getting applied) and everything appears to be working the way I want it.
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 <http://www.integrisok.com/>
From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 3:49 PM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Configuring Power Options with GPP
Jamie-
That's a good one. It sounds like whatever merging rules they are
applying to this are not respecting basic GP Settings merging rules. I
believe GPP settings are cached under All Users\AppData. Can you see the
resulting XML files in there for that user and if so, do they show both
settings?
From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Nelson, Jamie R
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:51 AM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Configuring Power Options with GPP
Hi All,
Been messing with the Power Options in GPP and am running into a
problem. I've used the same settings (in PolicyMaker) to do basic power
management before but haven't run into this issue.
I have a GPO at the top of my hierarchy where I have configured both the
computer and user side of the GPO to set the active Power Scheme to
"Always On". Further down on a sub OU containing user objects, I have
configured just the USER side to set the scheme to "Presentation". Now
here is the weird part; immediately after logging on with a user account
in the sub OU, the Power Scheme is set to "Presentation" as I have
desired it to. However, when the background policy refresh occurs it is
getting set back to "Always On" for some reason.
When I do an GP Results Wizard query, the user side settings from both
GPOs are present with a message stating:
"The following settings have applied to this object.
Within this category, settings nearest the top of the report are the
prevailing settings when resolving conflicts."
"Always On" is listed first but I don't understand where that priority
is being set since the "Presentation" scheme is being set in a GPO with
higher precedence.
With the EZ GPO tool from the EPA, anything you configured on the
computer side only applied when no user was logged on to the machine.
User side policy only affected logged on users. Does this same concept
apply to GPP? If not, I guess I don't understand GPP Power Options as
well as I thought I did. J Someone care to explain the difference
between configuring schemes on the computer side vs. the user side? What
kind of behavior is to be expected when schemes are configured for both?
Regards,
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 <http://www.integrisok.com/>
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