Windows Vista Power Management

re: Windows Vista Power Management

Mobile — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:49:42 GMT

well jimall you have shared a very vital info with us! i appreciate it.

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re: Windows Vista Power Management

FerchoArg — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:53:42 GMT

Is this related to the hard disk parking its head after 6 seconds of idling? It makes a clicking noise quite annoying. As there are many 6-second periods of time idling during normal use, it sometimes clicks 2 or 3 times per minute. Is this normal?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

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re: Windows Vista Power Management

Sasame — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:16:38 GMT

Saving energy is great and all, but as for me, this feature kills me, for me, I want my computer to turn off the screen, but it's actualy 'on'. Because once I set for my screen to turn 'off' at a set amount of time, it cuts off connection to the internet, meaning the system is suspended until the mouse is moved. Right now, I need something which turns off the screen making it dark, yet does not terminate internet connection, this goes 'closing lid' as well.

What I really want is a feature where I can control what 'on' and 'off' does.

re: Windows Vista Power Management

Octavian — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:43:08 GMT

Jim,

I recently went to Vista on my laptop, and have constantly had a "plugged in, not charging" notification for my battery state.

Is there a white paper/faq/blog some where which stipulates the triggers for Vista to charge a laptop battery? Even with a completely drained battery, the battery does not charge.

Thank you.

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Sleep and Power Management in Windows Vista

.NET Hacks and Tips (beta) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:38:53 GMT

I run into a problem that my laptop cannot wake up after sleep / hibernate, I try many different settings

re: Windows Vista Power Management

VistaNewbie — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:51:19 GMT

Vista has a nice feature called "Help and Support" that you can access from the start menu. I typed my query: power off button

The FIRST result said the following:

Change the function of the Power button on a mobile PC

By default, pressing the power button on a mobile PC turns it off. Alternately, you can choose to put your mobile PC to sleep or put it into hibernation when you press the power button. You can apply the same setting to all of your power plans or you can apply different settings to individual plans.

To apply the same setting to all plans

Click to open Power Options.

On the Select a power plan page, click Choose what the power button does.

On the Define power buttons and turn on password protection page, next to When I press the power button, choose what you want your mobile PC to do when you press the power button, both for when your mobile PC is running on battery and when it is plugged in.

Click Save changes.

To apply a setting to a specific plan

Click to open Power Options.

On the Select a power plan page, click Change plan settings for the plan that you want to change.

On the Change settings for the plan page, click Change advanced power settings.

On the Advanced settings tab, expand Power buttons and lid, expand Power button action, and then choose what you want your mobile PC to do when you press the power button, both for when your mobile PC is running on battery and when it is plugged in.

Click OK.

re: Windows Vista Power Management

ihatevista — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:11:21 GMT

my name says it all, shame i had to get my new laptop with vista on it, how do i downgrade to xp

main point, when i switch off my laptop , i want it to be off how do i do this, i do not want it to sleep or to hibernate

will ahve to find a forum that explains how i can extend my screen from xp laptop to vista laptop, and no , i dont want to do it vice versa for several reasons

re: Windows Vista Power Management

joshuacl — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:25:43 GMT

I have Vista on the new Dell XPS M1330 and one thing I dislike about Vista is how the Power Management handles this situation. I have my power settings set to stay on when I close the lid and the power cord is plugged in and to Sleep when I close the lid and it is running on the battery. So sometimes when I am getting ready to head off to class and I have my laptop on my desk plugged in and turned on, then I close the lid, so it stays on, then I unplug the laptop. Now here's what happens I put the laptop in my bag thinking it is "sleep." However when I get to class I open the lid and the laptop is HOT! and its still on, because it isn't programmed to switch to the selected behavior of closed lid-on battery when the lid is already closed. I wish MS would really fix this. I just don't think about doing this in any particular order especially when I am in a big hurry.

re: Windows Vista Power Management

batterychartger — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:54:17 GMT

I need to buy a Vista.

http://www.rechargeable-battery.us

re: Windows Vista Power Management

bluvg — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:12:03 GMT

hgld: out of curiosity, have you tried the recently released patches that address power management issues?

Check out: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941649

re: Windows Vista Power Management

hgld — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:44:51 GMT

Vista power management is the biggest joke I've seen. I'd like to see an update to this post as clearly there are problems and it frustrates me to see that they aren't acknowledged.

I completely agree with richiec's comment. Macbooks can last for weeks in sleep.

I have a brand new Sony Vaio G-11 which is supposed to last for 9 hours - but this is undermined by Vista's poor power management. It can't even last a day in sleep.

Microsoft - How are you going to fix?

Sleep and Power Management in Windows Vista

Colt Kwong — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:08:51 GMT

I run into a problem that my laptop cannot wake up after sleep / hibernate, I try many different settings...