Hello All, I am trying to allow users to adjust the power scheme on their laptops, this I have accomplished by changing some registry settings permissions. What I would like is for the setting for those power schemes to be restricted. So I would like them to be able to change the over all power scheme (the top half of the properties window), but cannot change the settings of those schemes (the bottom half of the properties window). I dont know if this is possible so any help would be appreciated. Kind Regards Sean Buckle

Hi, You may consider to do it by Power Options under Group Policy Preferences. After configuration it, users can choose the predefined Power Plan or Power Scheme, but they still can change the individual settings. For more information, please refer to the following Microsoft articles: Power Options Extension http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731700.aspx Managing Power with Group Policy: Part 3 of 3 http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2008/03/19/managing-power-with-group-policy-part-3-of-3.aspx How to use Powercfg.exe to create a Group Policy object for power schemes in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915160 Regards,Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

HI, Thank you for those links. I have already allowed users to change the power plan, I am wondering if there is a way, either through GP or a resgistry setting, to restrict the users changing the individual settings and still allow them to access the power plans. Thank you again Sean Buckle

Hi, As far as I known, Group Policy Preference is the only method can achieve your goal. Regards,Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.