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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
To install the driver, copy the installation files to a temporary directory, then use the “Device Manager” to perform an "Update Driver" operation as follows.
1) Right-click on "My Computer" and select "Properties".
2) Select the "Hardware Tab" and click on the "Device Manager" button.
There should be a device section named "Processors" with a processor device.
3) Right-click on the processor device, and click on "Update Driver".
4) Select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)", and click "Next" to
continue.
5) Select "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install", and click "Next" to
continue.
6) Click "Have Disk", "Browse..." to the installation files and click "OK".
7) A box will appear: "The wizard has finished installing the software for
"AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor" or “AMD Opteron™ Processor”. Click "Finish" to
complete the installation.
Instructions for enabling Cool‘n’Quiet on Windows XP with user accounts that do not have Administrative Rights
1. Log on as Administrator on the Local Machine.
2. Click Start, then Run…
3. Enter Regedt32 into the run dialog box and click Ok.
4. Locate and click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi on\
ControlsFolder\PowerCfg\GloBalPowerPolicy
5. Right click and from the context menu, click Permissions.
6. Click on “Users” group entry.
7. Click in the Full Control box under the Allow heading and click Ok.
8. Locate and click the next registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi on\
ControlsFolder\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies
9. Right click and from the context menu, click Permissions.
10. Click on “Users” group entry.
11. Click in the Full Control box under the Allow heading and click Ok.
12. Close the Registry.
Verify that users have the right to shut down the system:
1. In Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click “Local Security Policy…”
2. In the left pane, expand Local Policies and click User Rights Assignment.
3. In the right pane, double-click “Shut down the system”.
4. If the Security Setting does not include the “Users” group, click on button to add the “Users” group.
Making these changes will allow normal users to alter power scheme settings without being added to the Local Administrators group.