In previous versions of Windows, it was necessary to go to third parties if you needed to install policies that controlled the power-management features of networked systems (for example, www.energystar.gov offered a tool called EZ GPO for this purpose).
Now, in Windows Vista, you can control power management settings for the power button (or buttons), laptop lid switch, hard drive, display, and sleep mode (a new mode that combines features of the old standby and hibernate modes). Additionally, you can create a custom plan for deployment to computers, or you can specify which of the three “canned” Microsoft power plans should be made the default active plan. You can also tweak the notifications that users receive in low battery situations.
Windows Server 2008- and Vista-aware workstations may have multiple power-related buttons: power, sleep, and the lid switch that closes when you close a laptop display. In addition, the Vista and Windows Server 2008 Start menus have their own power buttons, which are also separately configurable via Group Policy. In previous versions of Windows, it was necessary to go to third parties if you needed to install policies that controlled the power-management features of networked systems (for example, www.energystar.gov offered a tool called EZ GPO for this purpose).
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