
Table1.Generalsetting(continued)
PolicysettingsDescription
Donotallowclienttoselectspecicpowerplan
Specieswhethertoallowselectingspecicpowerplans
ownedbyPowerManageronclientcomputers.
Ifyouenablethispolicysetting,youmustinputthepower
planname.Whenaplannameisselectedandthisname
isnotallowed,thecurrentpowerplanisswitchedto
anotherpredenedpowerplan.
Notes:
1.PowerManagersearchesavailablepowerplansin
thefollowingorder:
a.PowerManagerlooksforthePowerSource
Optimizedpowerplan.
b.Iftherstsearchfailsoritisnotallowed,Power
ManagerlooksfortheMaximumEnergySaving
powerplan.
2.OnlypowerplansvisibleinPowerManagercanbe
specied,andWindowsdefaultpowerplanscannot
bespecied.
SelectanActivePowerPlanSpeciesthenameofthepowerplanownedbyPower
Managertomakeitactiveonclientcomputers.
Notes:
1.Thespeciedpowerplannameshouldexistonclient
computers.
2.Ifyouenablethispolicysetting,youmustinputthe
powerplanname.
PowerManagerappliesthepowerplanspeciedinthis
policyduringstartup.Evenwhentheactivepowerplan
isspeciedbythispolicy,theuserisabletochange
toanotherpowerplanandmakeitactiveafterPower
Managerstartup.
PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments
ThepolicysettingsinthePowerPlanDeploymentscongurationitemenablestheITadministratortocreate
custompowerplansanddeploythosepowerplans.TheITadministratorneedstocongureeverypolicy
inthiscongurationitem.PolicysettingsinthePowerPlanDeploymentscongurationitemcannotbe
usedtoeditexistingpowerplansonclientcomputers.Onceapowerplanisdeployed,theITadministrator
cannoteditthepowerplanfromtheserverside.Todeployanewpowerplan,theITadministratorneedsto
congureapowerplanwithadifferentpowerplanname.
Note:AllpolicysettingsinDCmodedonottakeeffectondesktopcomputers.
TocongurePowerPlan(Scheme)Deploymentspolicies,dothefollowing:
•ForWindowsXPclientcomputers
UnderComputerConguration,clickAdministrativeTemplates➙LenovoThinkVantage
Components➙PowerManager➙PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments.
•ForWindowsVistaandWindows7clientcomputers
UnderComputerConguration,clickClassicAdministrativeTemplates➙AdministrativeTemplates
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