PCs going to sleep
I'm having an issue with our Windows 7 machines going into sleep mode. It is causing numerous problems, and I need to totally stop PCs from going to sleep. I have found the group policy option "Specify the unattended sleep timeout (plugged in), and have set this to 0 seconds.... which it says should "not automatically transition to sleep". The GP is deployed and working, but the PCs are still going to sleep after around 60 minutes. This happens if a user is logged in or if the PC is not logged in and at CTRL+ALT+DEL Does anyone know how we can prevent this from happening?
April 30th, 2010 12:52pm

I need to do it using grouppolicy, for several thousand clients.
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April 30th, 2010 1:57pm

What is the system on the server computer? In Windows Vista and Windows 7, this policy should be: Computer Configuration\Administrative Template\System\Power Management\Sleep Settings\Specify the System Sleep Timeout (Plugged-In) It is different with Windows XP\Windows Server 2003. If the server is Windows Server 2003, I suggest you configure the policy on a Windows 7 computer. 1. Launch mmc.exe. 2. Click File->Add/Remove Snap-in. 3. Add “Group Policy Object”. 4. Point to a server. 5. Edit the policy and link the GPO to the Windows 7 computers. However if the server is Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, maybe the policy is covered by other policies. You may run the following command in “cmd” window that has high privilege. gpresult /z > %userprofile%\desktop\gpresult.txt Then open gpresult.txt on Desktop, check the result.Arthur Xie - MSFT
May 4th, 2010 9:13am

The policy is being configured from a win 7 workstation, and is; Computer Configuration\Administrative Template\System\Power Management\Sleep Settings\Specify the System Sleep Timeout (Plugged-In) I'm setting it to 0, which is supposed to disable sleep. I have tried GPResult already, and the workstation policy in question is the only policy being applied to the workstation, and it is picking the setting up correctly....just not working. Anything else you can think of?
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May 4th, 2010 10:52am

How do you change the policies? Creating GPO for Windows 7 computers or just changing the local policies? I suspect that the policy is covered. You may set No Override for the GPO. How does the Group Policy 'No Override' and 'Block Inheritance' work Important Note: Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.Arthur Xie - MSFT
May 6th, 2010 12:47pm

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