The skinny on power management in Windows 7

**MIG-31** · Jun 12, 2009, 09:26 PM

Microsoft has made energy efficiency a key design element of Windows 7, focusing on better power management for end users and centralized tools for IT pros, company executives said Friday.

Company engineers sought to make power management features more accessible than previous versions of Windows while at the same time, giving people the ability to customize settings.
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Source: C|Net

Judas · Jun 12, 2009, 09:55 PM

doesn't matter.. dell... toshiba.. and so forth will force their own power management system onto you disabling windows version reguardless....

mkk · Jun 13, 2009, 02:17 AM

Accessibility would have been nice. Apart from keeping the unfortunate interface for the "advanced" power settings, there is no longer any GUI option to turn hibernation off.

Jun 12, 2009, 09:26 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,843 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	The skinny on power management in Windows 7 Microsoft has made energy efficiency a key design element of Windows 7, focusing on better power management for end users and centralized tools for IT pros, company executives said Friday. Company engineers sought to make power management features more accessible than previous versions of Windows while at the same time, giving people the ability to customize settings. ____________ Source: C\|Net __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jun 13, 2009, 02:17 AM	#3
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,493 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: The skinny on power management in Windows 7 Accessibility would have been nice. Apart from keeping the unfortunate interface for the "advanced" power settings, there is no longer any GUI option to turn hibernation off.