GPO to turn off NIC power management?

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"robertnc" wrote:
> Is there a place in GPO to turn off the option in the NIC to
> "allow the
> computer to turn off this device to save power" and/or the USB
> Root Hub power
> saving option? My goal is to always keep the power to the USB
> hub for devices
> connected to it, and to allow remote acces to the PC. It seems
> that when the
> PC turns off the NIC, remote connectivity is not possible.
> THanks for the
> help!
> --
> Bob

Hi,

This would be a BIOS power option. I had to go into the BIOS of all my
machines and disable the "shutdown" NIC to save power. IBM was
really bad for this.

Cheers,

Lara

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