XP pro limited account power options

[trs]

I work in a k12 school district and we have been having problems with losing connection to the network with our xp machines. We have Dell pcs, GX50s, and 60s, with celerons and either 128 or 256 Mbs of Ram. I should also mention that we have a Novell 6 network, but I don't think that should matter with my issue.

The issue: I know that the nic will power down after a period of time and I suspect that this is what is causing the problems. The problem is resolved after a restart. But it is a pain to have to restart the pc when you have 30 seconds of freetime from the kids to look something up.

My question is, with XP pro's limited accounts, how do you set the power options so that the nic will not power down?

I know where to find the power management settings for the nic in the administrative accounts. But when logged in as a limited user xp is not letting me change these settings. I can see them but they won't change.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
TRS

[codered6651]

You answered your question because you have a limited account you can't change settings in XP Pro. You will have to get in contact with the Administrator to make the changes.

[glc]

Temporarily promote the account to an administrative account, make the changes, then demote the account.

[trs]

Thanks GLC!

It is such a simple solution, but I would never have thought it would work that way.

TRS

[glc]

Sometimes we lose sight of the fact that no matter how much automation and centralized administration is possible, using plain old logic and manual workarounds gets the job done quickly and with no fuss. I've run into issues like this with 2K and XP Pro on a Win2K AD domain - making the user an admin on his local machine takes care of a lot of things quickly and easily rather than screwing around with group policies and that kind of stuff. 5 minutes sitting in front of the machine beats half an hour sitting in front of the server or a remote admin console scratching your head trying to figure out how exactly to do something. The walk to and from the local machine is good exercise too.