I am trying to deploy a fixlet that was created by using the “Power Profile Wizard”. The fixlet essentially creates a power profile scheme for Windows 2000 Pro & Windows XP. The fixlets completes successfully when the currnet logged on user has admin permissions on the desktop. However, when the current logged on user only has user rights, the fixlet fails.
Can anyone suggest how to modify the fixlet so that regardless of the current logged on user, the fixlet will create the pc power scheme?
Working with BES Support, they suggested removing the “run as current user” commands, but that didn’t seem to help.
There are two parts of the fixlet you must edit for it to work when no user is logged in:
Remove all instances of "__Download\RunAsCurrentUser.exe --q " from the action (make sure there is not an extra space anywhere as this can cause the action to fail).
Remove the “(exists current user ) AND” part of the relevance (should be at the front of the expression).
This will let you run without a current user logged in.
Note however that when you do not run as current user, you are setting the “systems” power profile. The system’s power profile does not have a power profile name, so you will not see it change to whatever you set it to be. However, the machine will go into sleep at the times you specify in the action.
Question: Since system power profiles do not have power profile names, how can I track\report which computers I have deloyed to with my custom power profiles are actually using the profile? Currently, I am using the “Power Options Information” > “Results” to track\report my deployed power scheme. I use the column labeled “Current Power Scheme”.
This is a strangeness of Windows power management… The last power management setting (or last user to log in to the system with appropriate access to change power management settings) will permanently change the power settings (until they are changed again or until a different user logs in).
So you can change the settings when no user is logged in with the method discussed, but there won’t be a name tied to the power settings.
You can verify the power settings are set properly by looking at the individual monitor/harddrive/standby settings.
Ben - Does the update to the Power Profile Wizard resolve the issue of not updating the profile of the client unless a user is logged on with admin credentials? What does the update incorporate?
Yes… This was updated and resolved a few weeks ago (sorry for not updating this post). The update is to the wizard so any new power policies should work regardless of the privileges of the logged in user…
Yes… This was updated and resolved a few weeks ago (sorry for not updating this post). The update is to the wizard so any new power policies should work regardless of the privileges of the logged in user…
Ben
Hi Ben,
I need to be able to change the system setting particularly if no one is logged on. I see that the wizard still uses RunAsCurrentUser. Will removing the lines indicated earlier help me out?