Tag Archives: Power
Sleep is a power-saving state that allows a computer to quickly resume full-power operation (typically within several seconds) when you want to start working again.
Here is a small freeware app which will allow you to turn of your laptop or desktop monitor from the Windows taskbar.
Windows warns you when your battery charge reaches low, reserve, and critical levels. You can however, change the low, reserve, critical battery level notifications in Windows 7, through the Control …more >>>
System Screensavers Tweaker is a freeware portable app which allows you to tweak and change settings of Bubbles, Mystify, Ribbons, Lines and Aurora (excluded from 7 by default) screen savers.
There may be times that you do not wish your computer to sleep. The default power settings for Windows are set up so a computer will go to sleep after …more >>>
A question most energy conscious folks have! Should I hibernate or turn off my Windows PC at night?
You can reduce power consumption and achieve significant energy savings when using your PC simply by acquiring a few good habits.
Microsoft Hohm is a free online beta application that helps you save energy and money. With Microsoft Hohm you can better understand your home energy usage, get recommendations to conserve …more >>>
Seven years ago, the browser wars seemed all but ended. AOL bought out Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer dominated the market, and the era of browser-based exploits began. In 2003, Microsoft’s …more >>>
The power management technologies in Windows 7 provide platform and processor efficiencies that reduce power consumption and can help lower energy costs. It also provides a better user experience with …more >>>
Do you turn off the computer when you are done for the day? Great if you replied yes but if you aren’t in the habit of shutting down the computer …more >>>
Microsoft has designed Windows 7 with a strong focus on reducing the overall power consumption by investing in key areas of the platform including performance optimizations, idle resource utilization, device …more >>>
Windows includes a powerful command-line tool called PowerCFG that is very useful in troubleshooting Power Plans. Moreover this tool will also allow you to enable and disable devices. In this article, we …more >>>
The default view in the Windows 7 start menu power button is Shtdown. But should you wish you can change it.
Windows 7 has a new power saving feature, whereby you can extend battery life.
