Getting Power meter in System Tray on a locked-down profile

[crc-ict]

Can anyone help me with this puzzler?

 

We have a set of laptops running XP Pro through Viglen Classlink. The problem I'm having is working out how to get the power meter to display on the pupil profiles - the batteries are getting a bit dodgy and we need to be able to keep an eye on power levels all the time.

 

Although it's Viglen, from what I can work out it's largely just a pretty interface to the standard AD setup, so I'm hoping someone can point in the right direction.

 

I'm guessing it's in GP somewhere, but not too sure where.

 

Cheers

[Geoff]

There are no GPO settings to control any of the power management settings of XP. A major oversight by Microsoft I'm afraid.

[NetworkGeezer]

What happens when you set it as admin. Does it disppear when viewed in a locked down account?

[ChrisH]

Is the whole system tray hidden?

[OutToLunch]

http://mattcollinge.wordpress.com/software/power-meter-plus/

 

May be a decent alternative if the native one refuses to behave...