KB ID 0000851
Problem
You want to stop your users being able to select the ‘Sleep’ option from the Windows 7 power button via group policy.
Solution
1. On a domain controller Windows Key+R> gpmc.msc {enter} > The Group Policy Management Console will open.
2. Navigate to where you want to create your policy, or edit an existing one,
Note: This is a computer policy, make sure the policy is linked to an OU that contains computers NOT users.
3. Navigate to;
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Power Management > Sleep Settings
4. Locate the “Enable “Turn Off Hybrid Sleep” and set to Enable.
5. Locate the “Allow Standby States (S1-S3) when sleeping” and set to Disable,.
Note: There’s also an ‘on battery’ policy if you have mobile clients.
6. Then either reboot the clients, wait a couple of hours, or manually run “gpupdate /force” on them.
Note: With Server 2012 you can force all computers in an OU to refresh group policy.
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