-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Monitor "locks up"

Good Afternoon, Ms. Beach.             :O)
    Home Office/Desk is the default upon installing Windows.  Changing it to 
Always on is one of the first things I do to customize a system for my own 
use (since my systems remain on between reboots for longer periods than 
most).  You can see what each one does right on that same tab.  Change it 
and watch the power saving features readjust the time it waits until turning 
off different devices.  As long as you have the system set to never use 
Standby or Hibernate, a quick mouse movement or pressing a key on your 
keyboard (that infamous 'Any' key) will bring everything right back up for 
you.

    I'm not saying that to suggest that everyone should turn off those two 
settings.  It's just that those two are the ones that make it take longer 
for Windows to recover from its sleep modes.  Standby puts Windows into a 
deeper sleep than any of the power schemes and it could take a minute or two 
for Windows to come back up when you move the mouse.  Hibernate even writes 
the contents of your RAM to the hard drive and then turns everything off 
except the mainboard and its own ability to recognize a mouse movement of 
keyboard press.  Hibernate takes much longer than Standby to recover. 
Still, these two modes definitely have their place if you often walk away 
from your computer for long times without shutting down first.  When using 
either or both of these two settings, he difference in your electric bill 
could be significant.

    Energy Star is an electronics industry specification that manufacturers 
have to meet in order to display the Energy Star emblem.  However, there are 
different versions of the spec with (as far as I'm aware) the newest being 
4.0.  I suspect that only systems complying with the latest version have 
this setting available.

Peace,
GMan

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 12:35 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Monitor "locks up"


> My Power Scheme is set as home office/desk.  What do these various 
> settings
> mean?  I don't have Energy Star either.
> Sandi 

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