I did say Vista have 'some' degree of support, but its not at the same
sophiscated level of the software that is included with most UPS devices.
"To be honest, knowing how many brownouts and spikes you've had is almost
useless."
Thanks for proving that you don't work in IT or have little knowledge of
PCs, but even for the average home user, things like Power Surges, Spikes,
Brownouts, Blackouts, Noise are things you should know since they can
greatly affect your machines components.
--
Andre
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"Steve Thackery" <nobody@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I think he is mistaken, maybe he is confusing the Power Management
>> features in Windows Vista. But there is no dedicated UPS software like
>> the one I mentioned comes on a CD with all APC UPS devices. Vista won't
>> tell you how many Blackouts you have had over a period, the amount of
>> Brownouts, Noises and Spikes you have had for day.
>
> Well, Vista *does* have some built-in capability to mangage a UPS, as did
> XP and W2K. It should detect the UPS when it is plugged in to the USB or
> serial port, and provides basic capabilities to interrogate the level of
> battery charge, etc. It only supports a few of the more common UPSs,
> although I can't seem to find out which ones.
>
> To be honest, knowing how many brownouts and spikes you've had is almost
> useless. I suspect that the basic functionality built in to the Vista UPS
> management may well be adequate for the coleforkid.
>
> SteveT