In some environments users must have the ability to change the power scheme. By default, the normal Domain Users are not be able to do this, there’s an “Access Denied”. With the following Group Policy configuration, the Domain Users are albe to edit the Power Scheme on there laptop or PC.
1.) Make a new Group Policy and link it to the Organizational Unit where the computer objects are placed
2.) Go to Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Registry
3.) Add the following registry hives
HKEY_Localmachine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy
HKEY_Localmachine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies
4.) Edit the permissions for the BUILTIN\Users from Read to Full Control
5.) Reboot your client
6.) Login with an user on that client
7.) The user has now the ability to change the Power Scheme
