Lenovo ThinkCentre A62 Quick reference guide

PowerManager
DeploymentGuide
Updated:March,
2012

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readthegeneralinformationinAppendixB
“Notices”onpage35.
SeventhEdition(March2012)
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Contents
Preface................iii
Chapter1.Overview...........1
Features..................1
Chapter2.Installation..........3
.NetFrameworkdependency..........3
InstallingPowerManagerwithoutuser's
interaction.................3
ConsiderationsforinstallingPowerManager....3
Chapter3.WorkingwithActive
DirectoryandADMles........5
AddingAdministrativeT emplates........5
Generalsetting...............6
PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments.......7
GlobalPowerSetting............17
PowerAgenda...............19
PowerAgendapolicysettings.......20
CiscoEnergyWisesupportfortheWindows7
operatingsystem............28
CustomizingtheADMle.........30
AppendixA.Congurations
fordeployingDynamicPower
ManagementsettingstoWindows
XPclientcomputers.........33
AppendixB.Notices..........35
Trademarks................36
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Preface
ThisguideisintendedforITadministrators,orthosewhoareresponsiblefordeployingthePowerManager
program(hearafterrefertoasPowerManager)tocomputersintheirorganization.Thepurposeofthis
guideistoprovidetheinformationrequiredforinstallingPowerManagerononeormorecomputers,and
theinformationaboutthecommonadministrationtasksassociatedwithmanagingActiveDirectory®.
Implementingandenforcingapowermanagementstrategyonthecomputersthroughouttheentire
organizationcanprovidesubstantialsavings.
ThinkVantage®TechnologiesaredevelopedforITprofessionals,addressingtheuniquechallengestheymay
encounter.ThisdeploymentguidewillprovideinstructionsandsolutionsforworkingwithPowerManager.If
youhavesuggestionsorcomments,communicatewithyourLenovo®authorizedrepresentative.Tolearn
moreaboutthetechnologiesthatcanhelpyoulowerthetotalcostofownershipandtocheckforperiodic
updatestothisguide,gotothefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage
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Chapter1.Overview
PowerManagerhelpsusersadjustpowersettingstogivethebestbalancebetweensystemperformance
andpowersavingthroughslidercontrolorpowerplans.
PowerManagerprovidesavarietyofpowersavingfeaturesthroughtwoessentialmodes,Basicand
Advanced.BasicmodeissetasdefaultwhenusersopenPowerManagerforthersttime.Userscan
specifythelevelofpowersavingbysimplyusingtheslider,withoutpowerplans.Advancedmodeenables
userstocongurepowerplansandthefullrangeoffunctionsinPowerManagertomeetspecicpower
savingneeds.PowerManagerenablesuserstoschedulepoweractionsbycreatingpoweragendasto
meetthespecicneeds.
Powermanagementonacomputercansaveenergyandmoney.WhentheITadministratorenforces
powermanagementstrategyoncomputersthroughouttheentireorganization,thesavingscanbefarmore
substantial.PowerManagerisconguredbydefaulttouseitsenergyefciencyfeatures.PowerManager
alsogivestheITadministratornumerousoptionsfortailoringpowermanagementsettingstooptimize
energyefciencythroughouttheirorganizations.
Note:PowerManagerhastwodifferentversions.OneisforWindowsXPoperatingsystemsandtheotheris
forWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems.IntheWindowsVistaandWindows7version,the
term"powerplan"isused.IntheWindowsXPversion,theterm"powerscheme"isused.Inthisdocument,
nodistinctionwillbemadeandtheterm"powerplan"willbeusedtocoverboth.
Features
PowerManagerincludesthefollowingfunctions:
•Balancetheperformanceandpowersavingofthecomputer
PowerManagerprovidestheslidertohelpusersquicklyandeasilysetthelevelofpowertobeused.
UserscancontroltheCentralProcessingUnit(CPU)speedandthebrightnessofthecomputerdisplay
bymovingtheslider.Movingtheslidertotheleft,towardHighperformance,increasestheCPU
speedandthebrightnessofthecomputerdisplaybutusesmoreenergy.Movingtheslidertotheright,
towardHighenergysavings,savestheenergywhilelimitingtheCPUspeedandthebrightnessof
thecomputerdisplay.
Whenusersmovetheslidertotheleftmostposition,thepowersavingsettingsintheMaximum
Performancepowerplanareapplied.Whenusersmovetheslidertotherightmostposition,thepower
savingsettingsintheMaximumEnergySavingpowerplanareapplied.
•View,create,delete,andswitchpowerplans
Apowerplanisacollectionofhardwareandsystemsettingsthatmanageshowthecomputerisusedand
conservespower.PowerManagerpowerplansprovidemanymorepowersavingfeaturesthanWindows®
powerplans.OnthePowerPlantab,theusercanviewspecicsettingsinanyofthepredenedpower
plans:PowerSourceOptimized,Timersoff(Presentation),MaximumPerformance,VideoPlayback,
MaximumEnergySaving,andThinkCentreDefault.Thesepredenedpowerplansaredesignedtomeet
theneedsofmostpeople.Ifapredenedpowerplandoesnotmeetsomeusers'needs,thePower
Managerwizardhelpstheseuserscreatetheirowncustompowerplans.Userscandeletecustompower
plansbutcannotdeletepredenedpowerplans.Userscaneasilyswitchtoanotherpowerplanby
clickingthePowerManagericoninthenoticationareaandthenselectingfromthepowerplanlist.
•RemotelycongurePowerManageranddeploypowerplan
PowerManagerenablesanITadministratortocongurePowerManageranddeployapowerplanby
ActiveDirectory.TheITadministratorcanselectanactivepowerplanforclientcomputers,andinhibit
theusers'abilitytoswitchamongpowerplans,selectaspecicpowerplan,orcreateapowerplan.For
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example,theITadministratorcandisabletheMaximumPerformancepowerplananduserscannotselect
it.Also,theITadministratorcancongureGlobalPowerSettings.
•RemotelycongurePowerManagertodeploypoweragendas
PowerManagerenablesanITadministratortocongurePowerManageranddeployapoweragenda
byActiveDirectory.TheITadministratorcanupdatethepoweragendasettingsofclientcomputers
remotelyandtheusersofclientcomputerscanhavethosepoweragendasworkautomaticallywithout
conguringpoweragendasbythemselves.Ifpermitted,userscancongureindividualpoweragendas,or
createscheduledorimmediateactionsincluding:
–Shutdown
–Hibernate
–Sleep
–Switchtoapowerplan
–Setmonitorbrightness
ThepoweragendasaredisplayedonthePowerAgendastabaftertheyhavebeencreatedbyusers.
Userscanselectoneormorecreatedpoweragendasforusetomeettheirspecicneeds.Also,users
caneditordeleteoneormorepoweragendas.
Note:Ifusersupdatethepoweragendasettingsonclientcomputers,theprevioussettingswillbe
permanentlyoverwritten.
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Chapter2.Installation
ThefollowinginstructionsprovideinstallationproceduresforPowerManager.
.NetFrameworkdependency
PowerManagerrequirestheMicrosoft®.NETFramework3.0orlater.Youneedtoinstallthe.NETFramework
beforeinstallingPowerManager.Y oucandownloadacompatibleversionofthe.NETFrameworkfromthe
followingMicrosoftWebsite:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/default.aspx
InstallingPowerManagerwithoutuser'sinteraction
ToinstallPowerManagerwithoutuser'sinteraction,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheMicrosoftWindowsXP ,WindowsVista®,orWindows7operatingsystem,andthenlogin
withadministrativeprivileges.
2.ExtractthePowerManagersoftwarepackagetotheharddiskdrive,forexample:
C:\Drivers\Vista\PWRMGRV
3.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,dooneofthefollowing:
•ForWindowsXPoperatingsystems
ClickStart➙Run,andthentypecmdintheOpenboxtoopentheCommandPromptwindow.
•ForWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems
ClickStart,typecmdintheStartSearchbox,andthenselectrunasadministratortoopenthe
CommandPromptwindow.
4.UsethefollowingcommandlinestoinstallPowerManager.
a.T oinstallinteractively,type:
<path>\setup.exe
b.Toinstallsilentlywithadefaultpathfortheinstallationlog,type:
<path>\setup.exe-S–SMS
Note:PowerManagerhastwodifferentversions.OneisforWindowsXPoperatingsystemsandtheotheris
forWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems.WhenyouinstallPowerManageronyourcomputer,
matchthePowerManagerversionwithyouroperatingsystem.PowerManagerdesignedspecicallyfor
WindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystemsmightnotfunctioncorrectlyonWindowsXPoperating
systems,andviceversa.
ConsiderationsforinstallingPowerManager
VariousfunctionsinPowerManagerhavedependencyonhardwareanddrivers.Whenafunctionisnot
supportedonaclientcomputer,thefunctionishiddeninPowerManager.Installingthelatestversionofthe
videodriver(Intel®/AMD®/NVIDIA)isstronglyrecommendedtosupportthebrightnesscontrolfunctions.
Note:TousethemonitorcongurationfunctionsofPowerManagerfordesktopcomputers,themonitor
needstosupporttheDisplayDataChannel/CommandInterface(DDC/CI).
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Chapter3.WorkingwithActiveDirectoryandADMles
ActiveDirectoryprovidesamechanismthatenablesadministratorstomanagecomputers,groups,endusers,
domains,securitypolicies,andanytypeofuser-denedobjects.ThemechanismsthatActiveDirectoryuses
toaccomplishthisareknownasGroupPolicyandAdministrativeTemplateles(ADM).WithGroupPolicy
andADMles,ITadministratorsdenesettingsthatcanbeappliedtocomputersorusersinthedomain.
LenovoprovidesPowerManagerADMlesforWindowsXP ,WindowsVista,andWindows7client
computers,withfourcategoriesofpolicysettings:Generalsetting,PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments,
GlobalPowerSetting,andPowerAgendaDeployments.
AddingAdministrativeTemplates
Designedtosaveyoutimeandeffort,LenovoprovidestheAdministrativeTemplateles,"DPWMGPO.ADM"
forWindowsXPoperatingsystems,and"DPMVGPO.ADM"forWindowsVistaandWindows7operating
systems,whichcanbeusedwithGroupPolicytosetthecongurationpoliciesforPowerManager.These
ADMlescanbedownloadedfromtheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN#pmat
ToaddthePowerManagerAdministrativeTemplate(ADMle)totheGroupPolicyEditor,dothefollowing:
1.OnthecomputerrunningActiveDirectory,clickStart➙Run,andtypegpedit.msc.TheGroupPolicy
Editorwindowopens.
2.UnderComputerConguration,right-clickAdministrativeTemplates.
3.ClickAdd/RemoveTemplates,andtheAdd/RemoveTemplateswindowopens.
4.ClickAdd,andthenselecttheDPWMGPO.ADMle.
5.ClickAdd,andthenselecttheDPMVGPO.ADMle.
6.ClickCloseontheAdd/RemoveT emplatesdialogbox.
7.CheckthattheADMleshavebeenaddedtotheGroupPolicyEditorbydoingthefollowing:
•ForWindowsXPoperatingsystems
a.UnderComputerConguration,expandAdministrativeTemplates.AnewitemnamedLenovo
ThinkVantageComponentsispresent.
b.ExpandLenovoThinkVantageComponents,asub-itemnamedPowerManagerispresent.
•ForWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems
a.UnderComputerConguration,expendClassicAdministrativeTemplatesandnavigateto
AdministrativeTemplates.AnewitemnamedLenovoThinkVantageComponentsispresent.
b.ExpandLenovoThinkVantageComponents,asub-itemnamedDesktopPowerManager
forVistaandWindows7ispresent.
Notes:
1.ThepolicysettingsinthePowerManagercongurationitemareforWindowsXPclientcomputers,and
thesepolicysettingsdonotaffectWindowsVistaandWindows7clientcomputers.
2.ThepolicysettingsintheDesktopPowerManagerforVistaandWindows7congurationitemare
forWindowsVistaandWindows7clientcomputers,andthesepolicysettingsdonotaffectWindows
XPclientcomputers.
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Generalsetting
GeneralsettingpoliciesenableITadministratorstoconguregeneralsettingssuchasselectinganactive
powerplan.
TocongureGeneralsettingpolicies,dothefollowing:
•ForWindowsXPclientcomputers
UnderComputerConguration,clickAdministrativeTemplates➙LenovoThinkVantage
Components➙PowerManager➙Generalsetting.
•ForWindowsVistaandWindows7clientcomputers
UnderComputerConguration,clickClassicAdministrativeTemplates➙AdministrativeTemplates
➙LenovoThinkVantageComponents➙DesktopPowerManagerforVistaandWindows7➙
Generalsetting.
Thistableprovidesdetailedinformationabouteachpolicysetting.
Table1.Generalsetting
PolicysettingsDescription
DonotallowclienttoswitchpowerplanSpecieswhethertoallowswitchingpowerplanson
clientcomputers.
Ifthispolicysettingisenabledanduserschangethe
powerplan,PowerManagerwillautomaticallychangethe
currentpowerplanbacktotheoriginalpowerplan.
Note:Thispolicydoesnotinhibitusersfrommodifying
thepowersavingsettingsintheactivepowerplan.
Whenthispolicyisenabled,userscanmovethesliderin
BasicmodeonWindowsVistaorWindows7operating
systemstomodifythepowersavingsettingsintheactive
powerplan.However,iftheoriginalpowerplanissetto
MaximumPerformanceorMaximumEnergySaving,
userscannotusetheslidertomodifythepowersaving
settingsinthepowerplan.
DonotallowclienttocreatenewpowerplanSpecieswhethertoallowcreatinganewpowerplanin
PowerManageronclientcomputers.
Ifyouenablethispolicysetting,theNewbuttonfor
creatingpowerplansinPowerManagermainuser
interfaceisunavailable,thoughuserscancreateapower
planoutsidePowerManager.Forexample,userscan
createapowerplanusingthePowerOptionstoolin
ControlPanel.
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Table1.Generalsetting(continued)
PolicysettingsDescription
DonotallowclienttoselectspecicpowerplanSpecieswhethertoallowselectingspecicpowerplans
ownedbyPowerManageronclientcomputers.
Ifyouenablethispolicysetting,youmustinputthepower
planname.Whenaplannameisselectedandthisname
isnotallowed,thecurrentpowerplanisswitchedto
anotherpredenedpowerplan.
Notes:
1.PowerManagersearchesavailablepowerplansin
thefollowingorder:
a.PowerManagerlooksforthePowerSource
Optimizedpowerplan.
b.Iftherstsearchfailsoritisnotallowed,Power
ManagerlooksfortheMaximumEnergySaving
powerplan.
2.OnlypowerplansvisibleinPowerManagercanbe
specied,andWindowsdefaultpowerplanscannot
bespecied.
SelectanActivePowerPlanSpeciesthenameofthepowerplanownedbyPower
Managertomakeitactiveonclientcomputers.
Notes:
1.Thespeciedpowerplannameshouldexistonclient
computers.
2.Ifyouenablethispolicysetting,youmustinputthe
powerplanname.
PowerManagerappliesthepowerplanspeciedinthis
policyduringstartup.Evenwhentheactivepowerplan
isspeciedbythispolicy,theuserisabletochange
toanotherpowerplanandmakeitactiveafterPower
Managerstartup.
PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments
ThepolicysettingsinthePowerPlanDeploymentscongurationitemenablestheITadministratortocreate
custompowerplansanddeploythosepowerplans.TheITadministratorneedstocongureeverypolicy
inthiscongurationitem.PolicysettingsinthePowerPlanDeploymentscongurationitemcannotbe
usedtoeditexistingpowerplansonclientcomputers.Onceapowerplanisdeployed,theITadministrator
cannoteditthepowerplanfromtheserverside.Todeployanewpowerplan,theITadministratorneedsto
congureapowerplanwithadifferentpowerplanname.
Note:AllpolicysettingsinDCmodedonottakeeffectondesktopcomputers.
TocongurePowerPlan(Scheme)Deploymentspolicies,dothefollowing:
•ForWindowsXPclientcomputers
UnderComputerConguration,clickAdministrativeTemplates➙LenovoThinkVantage
Components➙PowerManager➙PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments.
•ForWindowsVistaandWindows7clientcomputers
UnderComputerConguration,clickClassicAdministrativeTemplates➙AdministrativeTemplates
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➙LenovoThinkVantageComponents➙DesktopPowerManagerforVistaandWindows7➙
PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments.
Thistableprovidesdetailedinformationabouteachpolicy.Inthistable,(AC)meansthepolicysettingfor
clientcomputerswithacpoweradapterplugged,and(DC)meansthepolicysettingforclientcomputers
onbatterypower.
Table2.PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments
PolicysettingsDescription
PlanNameSpeciesthenameofthepowerplantodeploytoclient
computers.
Ifyouenablethispolicysetting,youmustinputthe
powerplanname.Alimitofthepowerplannameis
32single-bytecharacters.Ifthepowerplannameis
double-byte,limitthepowerplannameto16characters.
Note:Onceapowerplanisdeployed,youcannotedit
thepowerplanfromtheserverside.Whenyouchangea
powerplanname,thepowerplanisdeployedasanew
powerplantoclientcomputers.
MaximumCPUSpeed(AC)SpeciesthemaximumspeedoftheCPU.
Possiblemaximumspeedsinclude:
•Highest
•Adaptive
•Low
•Lowest
MaximumCPUSpeed(DC)SpeciesthemaximumspeedoftheCPU.
Possiblemaximumspeedsinclude:
•Highest
•Adaptive
•Low
•Lowest
CPUDeeperSleep(AC)SpecieswhethertoenabletheCPUtoenterthedeeper
sleepstate.Ifyouenablethispolicysetting,theCPUwill
gointothedeepersleepstate.
CPUDeeperSleep(DC)SpecieswhethertoenabletheCPUtoenterthedeeper
sleepstate.Ifyouenablethispolicysetting,theCPUwill
gointothedeepersleepstate.
DisplayBrightness16(AC)Speciesthebrightnesslevelofclientcomputerdisplays
with16brightnesssteps.Ifabrightnesslevelishigh,the
computerdisplaygetsbright.
DisplayBrightness16(DC)Speciesthebrightnesslevelofclientcomputerdisplay
with16brightnesssteps.Ifabrightnesslevelishigh,the
computerdisplaygetsbright.
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Table2.PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments(continued)
PolicysettingsDescription
Automaticopticaldrivepoweroff(AC)Specieswhethertoautomaticallyturnofftheoptical
drivewhenthefollowingconditionsaremet:
•SystemhasstartedbutnoCDorDVDhasbeen
insertedwithin10minutes.
•TheCDorDVDhasbeenremovedandhasnot
replacedwithin10minutes.
Automaticopticaldrivepoweroff(DC)Specieswhethertoautomaticallyturnofftheoptical
drivewhenthefollowingconditionsaremet:
•SystemhasstartedbutnoCDorDVDhasbeen
insertedwithin10minutes.
•TheCDorDVDhasbeenremovedandhasnot
replacedwithin10minutes.
MonitoroffTimer(AC)SpeciestheperiodofinactivitybeforetheWindows
operatingsystemturnsoffthecomputerdisplay.
ForWindowsXPoperatingsystems,possibletime
periodsinclude:
•1minute
•2minutes
•3minutes
•5minutes
•10minutes
•15minutes
•20minutes
•25minutes
•30minutes
•45minutes
•1hour
•2hours
•3hours
•4hours
•5hours
ForWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems,
youcanspecifythevalueinseconds.
MonitoroffTimer(DC)SpeciestheperiodofinactivitybeforetheWindows
operatingsystemturnsoffthecomputerdisplay.
ForWindowsXPoperatingsystems,possibletime
periodsinclude:
•1minute
•2minutes
•3minutes
•5minutes
•10minutes
•15minutes
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Table2.PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments(continued)
PolicysettingsDescription
•20minutes
•25minutes
•30minutes
•45minutes
•1hour
•2hours
•3hours
•4hours
•5hours
ForWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems,
youcanspecifythevalueinseconds.
HDDoffTimer(AC)SpeciestheperiodofinactivitybeforetheWindows
operatingsystemturnsofftheharddiskdrive.
ForWindowsXPoperatingsystems,possibletime
periodsinclude:
•3minutes
•5minutes
•10minutes
•15minutes
•20minutes
•25minutes
•30minutes
•45minutes
•1hour
•2hours
•3hours
•4hours
•5hours
ForWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems,
youcanspecifythevalueinseconds.
HDDoffTimer(DC)SpeciestheperiodofinactivitybeforetheWindows
operatingsystemturnsofftheharddiskdrive.
ForWindowsXPoperatingsystems,possibletime
periodsinclude:
•3minutes
•5minutes
•10minutes
•15minutes
•20minutes
•25minutes
•30minutes
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Table2.PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments(continued)
PolicysettingsDescription
•45minutes
•1hour
•2hours
•3hours
•4hours
•5hours
ForWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems,
youcanspecifythevalueinseconds.
StandbyTimer(AC)SpeciestheperiodofinactivitybeforetheWindows
operatingsystementerssleepmode.
Possibletimeperiodsinclude:
•1minute
•2minutes
•3minutes
•5minutes
•10minutes
•15minutes
•20minutes
•25minutes
•30minutes
•45minutes
•1hour
•2hours
•3hours
•4hours
•5hours
ForWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems,
youcanspecifythevalueinseconds.
StandbyTimer(DC)SpeciestheperiodofinactivitybeforetheWindows
operatingsystementerssleepmode.
Possibletimeperiodsinclude:
•1minute
•2minutes
•3minutes
•5minutes
•10minutes
•15minutes
•20minutes
•25minutes
•30minutes
•45minutes
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Table2.PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments(continued)
PolicysettingsDescription
•1hour
•2hours
•3hours
•4hours
•5hours
ForWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems,
youcanspecifythevalueinseconds.
HibernationTimer(AC)SpeciestheperiodofinactivitybeforetheWindows
operatingsystementershibernationmode.
Possibletimeperiodsinclude:
•1minute
•2minutes
•3minutes
•5minutes
•10minutes
•15minutes
•20minutes
•25minutes
•30minutes
•45minutes
•1hour
•2hours
•3hours
•4hours
•5hours
•6hours
Note:Theperiodshouldbelongerthantheperiodof
inactivityspeciedintheStandbyTimersettingon
WindowsXPclientcomputers.
ForWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems,
youcanspecifythevalueinseconds.
HibernationTimer(DC)SpeciestheperiodofinactivitybeforetheWindows
operatingsystementershibernationmode.
Possibletimeperiodsinclude:
•1minute
•2minutes
•3minutes
•5minutes
•10minutes
•15minutes
•20minutes
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Table2.PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments(continued)
PolicysettingsDescription
•25minutes
•30minutes
•45minutes
•1hour
•2hours
•3hours
•4hours
•5hours
•6hours
Note:Theperiodshouldbelongerthantheperiodof
inactivityspeciedintheStandbyTimersettingon
WindowsXPclientcomputers.
ForWindowsVistaandWindows7operatingsystems,
youcanspecifythevalueinseconds.
AllowHybridSleep(AC)EnablesHybridSleep.
IfyouenablethispolicysettingandselectOn,ale
calledhiberle.sysisgeneratedtostorethecontentsof
RAM(RandomAccessMemory)whenthesystementers
sleep(standby)mode.
ThissettingisnotsupportedonWindowsXPclient
computers.
AllowHybridSleep(DC)EnablesHybridSleep.
IfyouenablethispolicysettingandselectOn,alecalled
hiberle.sysisgeneratedtostorethecontentsofRAM
whenthesystementerssleep(standby)mode.
ThissettingisnotsupportedonWindowsXPclient
computers.
WirelessPowerSavingMode(AC)Speciestheperformanceofwirelessadapters.
Possibleperformancesinclude:
•MaximumPerformance
•LowPowerSaving
•MediumPowerSaving
•MaximumPowerSaving
ThissettingisnotsupportedonWindowsXPclient
computers.
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Table2.PowerPlan(Scheme)Deployments(continued)
PolicysettingsDescription
WirelessPowerSavingMode(DC)Speciestheperformanceofwirelessadapters.
Possibleperformancesinclude:
•MaximumPerformance
•LowPowerSaving
•MediumPowerSaving
•MaximumPowerSaving
ThissettingisnotsupportedonWindowsXPclient
computers.
PCILinkStatePowerManagement(AC)SpeciestheactivestatewhenthePCIlinkisidle.
Possiblestatesinclude:
•Off
•Moderatepowersavings
•Maximumpowersavings
ThissettingisnotsupportedonWindowsXPclient
computers.
PCILinkStatePowerManagement(DC)SpeciestheactivestatewhenthePCIlinkisidle.
Possiblestatesinclude:
•Off
•Moderatepowersavings
•Maximumpowersavings
ThissettingisnotsupportedonWindowsXPclient
computers.
Multimediasettings(AC)SpeciestheactionthattheWindowsoperatingsystem
allowswhenmedialescanbeplayed.
Possibleactionsinclude:
•Allowthecomputertosleep
•Preventidlingtosleep
•Allowthecomputertoenterawaymode
ThissettingisnotsupportedonWindowsXPclient
computers.
Multimediasettings(DC)SpeciestheactionthattheWindowsoperatingsystem
allowswhenmedialescanbeplayed.
Possibleactionsinclude:
•Allowthecomputertosleep
•Preventidlingtosleep
•Allowthecomputertoenterawaymode
ThissettingisnotsupportedonWindowsXPclient
computers.
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