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EZ GPO Tool

For the U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR program, Terra Novum developed the EZ GPO tool to centrally manage power management settings on Windows client workstations using Group Policy Objects under Active Directory using Group Policy as well as using eDirectory/NDS using Zenworks. (Please download below.) The tool is released under a BSD style open source license and has no per seat licensing charge. If you have any technical questions about the EZ GPO tool, please contact EPA and their technical contractors at: powermanagement@cadmusgroup.com. Also, please see the EPA ENERGY STAR power management web site at www.energystar.gov/powermanagement for more information about other network software tools, case studies, energy savings estimates, and other information on power management.

Stable Release Version

• Version 2.2.3 release (7/2/09)

Pre-Release/Development Version

Release Notes

• 2.2.3 - 6/17/09: Fixes the caching issue. No multi-reboots are required.
• 2.2.2 - 4/28/09: Fixes a memory leak in PMService, removes extraneous code related to the power buttons.
• 2.2.0 - 12/9/08: Releases a stable production version of the 2.1 series upgrade. This fixed some permissions issues and moves the security override settings from the user side of the policy to the machine side of the policy. It is imperative that anyone upgrading replace their ADM file with the new copy. It is also advisable that they disable the current policy, then remove the old ADM file. The install the new one and recreate the policy.

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