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Changing Power Options

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Brent Green

Does anyone know of a way to change Power Options with PDQ?  I would to change when the computers go to sleep.  Or is this something that has to be done by GPO? 

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    Cathy Munger

    Did you find a way to do this using PDQ?  

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    Stephen Valdinger
    Wrap powercfg.exe in a wmi query to get the GUID of the plan you want to use and pass it along to powercfg to make the change

    There are several example scripts floating around online if you google for them.
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    Brent Green

    I couldn't find a way to make this happen.  I gave up and just did it through GPO.  

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    David Dwreese

    I use the following:

     

    @Echo Off
    Rem Set GUID for modifying Balanced power scheme
    Set GUID=381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e
    Powercfg -SetActive %GUID%

    Rem require password when console wakes up (0=false, 1=true)
    Powercfg -SetACValueIndex %GUID% fea3413e-7e05-4911-9a71-700331f1c294 0e796bdb-100d-47d6-a2d5-f7d2daa51f51 0
    Powercfg -SetDCValueIndex %GUID% fea3413e-7e05-4911-9a71-700331f1c294 0e796bdb-100d-47d6-a2d5-f7d2daa51f51 0
    Rem power plan type (0=power saver, 1=high performance, 2=balanced)
    Powercfg -SetACValueIndex %GUID% fea3413e-7e05-4911-9a71-700331f1c294 245d8541-3943-4422-b025-13a784f679b7 1
    Powercfg -SetDCValueIndex %GUID% fea3413e-7e05-4911-9a71-700331f1c294 245d8541-3943-4422-b025-13a784f679b7 1

    Rem hard disk timeout (minutes)
    Powercfg -Change Disk-Timeout-AC 0
    Powercfg -Change Disk-Timeout-DC 15

    Rem wireless adapter power (0=max perf, 1=low power saving, 2=med power saving, 3=max power saving)
    Powercfg -SetACValueIndex %GUID% 19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1 12bbebe6-58d6-4636-95bb-3217ef867c1a 0
    Powercfg -SetDCValueIndex %GUID% 19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1 12bbebe6-58d6-4636-95bb-3217ef867c1a 0

    Rem sleep settings (minutes)
    Powercfg -Hibernate Off
    Powercfg -Change Hibernate-Timeout-AC 0
    Powercfg -Change Hibernate-Timeout-DC 0
    Powercfg -Change Standby-Timeout-AC 0
    Powercfg -Change Standby-Timeout-DC 30

    Rem lid close action (0=do nothing, 1=sleep, 2=hibernate, 3=shutdown)
    Powercfg -SetACValueIndex %GUID% 4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347 5ca83367-6e45-459f-a27b-476b1d01c936 0
    Powercfg -SetDCValueIndex %GUID% 4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347 5ca83367-6e45-459f-a27b-476b1d01c936 1
    Rem power button action (0=do nothing, 1=sleep, 2=hibernate, 3=shutdown)
    Powercfg -SetACValueIndex %GUID% 4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347 7648efa3-dd9c-4e3e-b566-50f929386280 3
    Powercfg -SetDCValueIndex %GUID% 4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347 7648efa3-dd9c-4e3e-b566-50f929386280 3
    Rem sleep button action (0=do nothing, 1=sleep, 2=hibernate, 3=shutdown)
    Powercfg -SetACValueIndex %GUID% 4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347 96996bc0-ad50-47ec-923b-6f41874dd9eb 1
    Powercfg -SetDCValueIndex %GUID% 4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347 96996bc0-ad50-47ec-923b-6f41874dd9eb 1
    Rem UI Power Button action (0=sleep, 1=hibernate, 2=shutdown)
    Powercfg -SetACValueIndex %GUID% 4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347 a7066653-8d6c-40a8-910e-a1f54b84c7e5 2
    Powercfg -SetDCValueIndex %GUID% 4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347 a7066653-8d6c-40a8-910e-a1f54b84c7e5 2

    Rem monitor timeout (minutes)
    Powercfg -Change Monitor-Timeout-AC 0
    Powercfg -Change Monitor-Timeout-DC 15
    Rem dim display after (seconds)
    Powercfg -SetACValueIndex %GUID% 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 17aaa29b-8b43-4b94-aafe-35f64daaf1ee 600
    Powercfg -SetDCValueIndex %GUID% 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 17aaa29b-8b43-4b94-aafe-35f64daaf1ee 300
    Rem display brightness (percent)
    Powercfg -SetACValueIndex %GUID% 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 aded5e82-b909-4619-9949-f5d71dac0bcb 100
    Powercfg -SetDCValueIndex %GUID% 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 aded5e82-b909-4619-9949-f5d71dac0bcb 60
    Rem dimmed display brightness (percent)
    Powercfg -SetACValueIndex %GUID% 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 f1fbfde2-a960-4165-9f88-50667911ce96 50
    Powercfg -SetDCValueIndex %GUID% 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99 f1fbfde2-a960-4165-9f88-50667911ce96 30

    Rem Critical battery action (0=nothing, 1=sleep, 2=hibernate, 3=shutdown)
    Powercfg -SetACValueIndex %GUID% e73a048d-bf27-4f12-9731-8b2076e8891f 637ea02f-bbcb-4015-8e2c-a1c7b9c0b546 0
    Powercfg -SetDCValueIndex %GUID% e73a048d-bf27-4f12-9731-8b2076e8891f 637ea02f-bbcb-4015-8e2c-a1c7b9c0b546 3

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    benjamin.kohberg
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    There is a much more easier way to do this

    Create a new Package,
    add a new Step > Command

    Insert there the following line(s)

    powercfg -CHANGE -monitor-timeout -ac 0
    powercfg -CHANGE -disk-timeout -ac 0
    powercfg -CHANGE -standby-timeout -ac 0 
    powercfg -CHANGE -hibernate-timeout -ac 0

    If you use for example powercfg -CHANGE -monitor-timeout -ac 15, the monitor will be switched off after 15 minutes. Use a 0 to deactivate the point. 

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