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January 9, 2005: Terra Novum announces a new updated version of the EZ GPO Network Administrators tool. This version, 2.0, represents a significant leap forward which give the network administrator more control over how machines get set for system standby. Other improvements are the abilty to manage the power management settings of both the users of a machine and the machine itself when no users are logged in.

This has been released under a BSD style Open Source license. By releasing this tool as open source, Terra Novum and the EPA ensure that all citizens will benefit from the work and knowledge that went into making the tool a reality.

EZ GPO is a tool for network administrators who manage Windows client workstations using Group Policy Objects under Active Directory, Novell NDS/Zenworks or any other client registry management system. It gives centralized control to network administrators over the user's power management settings. Something, due to the designs of Microsoft's implementation of power management, is impossible using normal techniques. The readme gives the basic overview of methodology and installation. For more detailed documentation please see here and here for more information.

 

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