Category: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional with SP1
Set Minimum Idle Connection Timeout for RPC/HTTP connections
This policy setting controls the idle connection timeout for RPC/HTTP connections. This policy setting is useful in cases where a network agent like an HTTP proxy or a router uses a lower idle connection timeout than the IIS server running the RPC/HTTP proxy. In such cases RPC/HTTP clients may encounter errors because connections will be timed out faster than expected. Using this policy setting you can force the RPC Runtime and the RPC/HTTP Proxy to use a lower connection timeout. This policy setting is only applicable when the RPC Client the RPC Server and the RPC HTTP Proxy are all running Windows Server 2003 family/Windows XP SP1 or higher versions. If either the RPC Client or the RPC Server or the RPC HTTP Proxy run on an older version of Windows this policy setting will be ignored. The minimum allowed value for this policy setting is 90 seconds. The maximum is 7200 seconds (2 hours). If you disable this policy setting the idle connection timeout on the IIS server running the RPC HTTP proxy will be used. If you do not configure this policy setting it will remain disabled. The idle connection timeout on the IIS server running the RPC HTTP proxy will be used. If you enable this policy setting and the IIS server running the RPC HTTP proxy is configured with a lower idle connection timeout the timeout on the IIS server is used. Otherwise the provided timeout value is used. The timeout is given in seconds. Note: This policy setting will not be applied until the system is rebooted.
Do not turn off system power after a Windows system shutdown has occurred.
This policy setting allows you to configure whether power is automatically turned off when Windows shutdown completes. This setting does not affect Windows shutdown behavior when shutdown is manually selected using the Start menu or Task Manager user interfaces. Applications such as UPS software may rely on Windows shutdown behavior. This setting is only applicable when Windows shutdown is initiated by software programs invoking the Windows programming interfaces ExitWindowsEx() or InitiateSystemShutdown(). If you enable this policy setting the computer system safely shuts down and remains in a powered state ready for power to be safely removed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the computer system safely shuts down to a fully powered-off state.
Group Policy Management
This policy setting permits or prohibits the use of this snap-in. If you enable this policy setting the snap-in is permitted and can be added into the Microsoft Management Console or run from the command line as a standalone console. If you disable this policy setting the snap-in is prohibited and cannot be added into the Microsoft Management Console or run from the command line as a standalone console. An error message is displayed stating that policy is prohibiting the use of this snap-in. If this policy setting is not configured the setting of the “Restrict users to the explicitly permitted list of snap-ins” setting determines whether this snap-in is permitted or prohibited. — If the policy setting “Restrict users to the explicitly permitted list of snap-ins” is enabled users cannot use any snap-in except those explicitly permitted. To explicitly permit use of this snap-in enable this policy setting. If this policy setting is not configured or disabled this snap-in is prohibited. — If the policy setting “Restrict users to the explicitly permitted list of snap-ins” is disabled or not configured users can use any snap-in except those explicitly prohibited. To explicitly prohibit use of this snap-in disable this policy setting. If this policy setting is not configured or enabled the snap-in is permitted. When a snap-in is prohibited it does not appear in the Add/Remove Snap-in window in MMC. Also when a user opens a console file that includes a prohibited snap-in the console file opens but the prohibited snap-in does not appear.