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Windows Power Management (create powerplan)

Scripts and Guide by Soren Birk

This package is for changing when the Windows computer turns off the display/enters standby.

Tested With:

OPSI 4.0.2.4
Winst 4.11.3.3
Windows 7, 32 and 64-Bit

Instructions:

Use powercfg to edit the power settings - see powercfg /? for more info.
Possible values to edit with the -change parameter:
- -monitor-timeout-ac minutes
- -monitor-timeout-dc minutes
- -disk-timeout-ac minutes
- -disk-timeout-dc minutes
- -standby-timeout-ac minutes
- -standby-timeout-dc minutes
- -hibernate-timeout-ac minutes
- -hibernate-timeout-dc minutes

Tree:

CLIENT_DATA
  └ setup.ins

The script featured here will change the monitor timeout to 30 mins and set standby timeout to 0 (disabled).

setup.ins

[Actions]
Message "Settings for Power Management is being changed"
winbatch_powersave
 
 
[Winbatch_powersave]
powercfg -change -monitor-timeout-ac 30
powercfg -change -standby-timeout-ac 0