Maximum Power Management Under XP SP2

[Thomas M.]

Windows XP SP2

We are currently evaluating Vista for deployment in our environment and we
have learned that one of the supposed advantages to Vista is the enhanced
power management features when running on a Certified for Windows Vista
machine. We would like to test the power management features of Vista and
do a comparison to XP SP2.

Toward that end we have purchased a Watts Up Pro device to monitor power
usage. I am planning to run XP and configure the power management options
to save the maximum amount of power. I will then run Vista on the SAME
machine and also with the power management options configured to save the
maximum amount of power. The Watts Up Pro device will allow me to import
the data to the PC and graph each data set (XP and Vista) on the same chart
so that we can do a side-by-side comparison.

So that's the background. Now the question. What options do I need to set
in order to achieve the maximum amount of power savings under XP SP2? Is it
as easy as just throwing the machine into Hibernate mode, or is there more
to it than that?

Thanks for any help that you can offer.

--Tom

 

[Bob I]

Windows XP SP2

We are currently evaluating Vista for deployment in our environment and we
have learned that one of the supposed advantages to Vista is the enhanced
power management features when running on a Certified for Windows Vista
machine. We would like to test the power management features of Vista and
do a comparison to XP SP2.

Toward that end we have purchased a Watts Up Pro device to monitor power
usage. I am planning to run XP and configure the power management options
to save the maximum amount of power. I will then run Vista on the SAME
machine and also with the power management options configured to save the
maximum amount of power. The Watts Up Pro device will allow me to import
the data to the PC and graph each data set (XP and Vista) on the same chart
so that we can do a side-by-side comparison.

So that's the background. Now the question. What options do I need to set
in order to achieve the maximum amount of power savings under XP SP2? Is it
as easy as just throwing the machine into Hibernate mode, or is there more
to it than that?

Yep, that's the max power saving setting. The computer is off with the
exception of the motherboard monitoring the on switch.

 

[Thomas M.]

So that's the background. Now the question. What options do I need to

Yep, that's the max power saving setting. The computer is off with the
exception of the motherboard monitoring the on switch.

That's what I figured, but I wanted to make sure. The test would be no good
if I got that little tidbit wrong!

I haven't worked much with our new Watts Up Pro device, but if it allows me
to export the data to a format that I could easily post here, I will do so.

--Tom

 

[Bob I]

That's what I figured, but I wanted to make sure. The test would be no good
if I got that little tidbit wrong!

I haven't worked much with our new Watts Up Pro device, but if it allows me
to export the data to a format that I could easily post here, I will do so.

--Tom

You're welcome. For here, plain old text is preferred.