Hi Darrel,
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> You may want to check out this paper:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...rgyConserv.msp
> x
> Windows Vista Energy Conservation
>
> The Windows Vista operating system features significant changes to power
> management infrastructure, functionality, and default settings. These
> changes impact how PCs running Microsoft Windows consume energy. This
> paper
> outlines the potential energy savings available when deploying Windows
> Vista and the significant changes from Windows XP. These savings are
> presented in terms of both financial and environmental impact.
>
> Included in this white paper:
>
> . PC Power Consumption
>
> . Calculating Energy Savings
>
> . Financial Impact
>
> . Environmental Impact
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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> |>From: "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com>
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> |>It uses about 3-6 watts.
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> |>--
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> |>
> |>Regards,
> |>
> |>Richard Urban
> |>Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> |>(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
> |>
> |>Quote from George Ankner:
> |>If you knew as much as you think you know,
> |>You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |>"Cat" <typingcat@gmail.com> wrote in message
> |>news:1171237267.207351.199610@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> |>> How much power is consumed approximately when I put my PC into standby
> |>> mode by clicking on the "Keeps your session in memory puts the
> |>> computer in a lower-power state..." (sorry I don't know the name of
> |>> this button)? Of course, not including external devices such as the
> |>> printer, the cable modem and the monitor. I have enabled S3 mode at
> |>> the bios menu, and I've got 2GBs of DDR2 memory.
> |>>
> |>> This "Keeps your session in memory..." works fine and it really starts
> |>> faster but I wonder if it is still a good idea to put the PC into that
> |>> state over night. If the power consumption is small, then I would do
> |>> so, if not, I'd rather turn the PC completely off during the night.
> |>>
> |>
> |>
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