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The Windows power management system is based upon an idle timer. If the computer is idle for longer than the pre-set time, then the PC may be configured to sleep or 'hibernate'. Windows uses a combination of user activity and CPU activity to determine when the computer is idle.
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an open standard that operating systems can use to discover and configure computer hardware components, to perform power management (e.g. putting unused hardware components to sleep), auto configuration (e.g. Plug and Play and hot swapping), and status monitoring.
Sleep mode has gone by various names, including Stand By, Suspend and Suspend to RAM. Machine state is held in RAM and, when placed in sleep mode, the computer cuts power to unneeded subsystems and places the RAM into a minimum power state, just sufficient to retain its data. Because of the large power saving, most laptops automatically enter ...
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"I will monitor the situation online." Around 5 a.m., Shaw went back online and saw that everything had changed: An evacuation order had been issued for his father's neighborhood at around 3 a.m.
HP Jetadmin configures and monitors HP printers. HP Lock: Hplock.cpl: A Windows 95 utility to lock the PC keyboard, mouse and on/off switch in one click on legacy HP Vectra. IconPackager: ipcpl.cpl: To customize Windows icons and cursors, see IconPackager. ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver: imdisk.cpl: Administration of ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver.
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Hibernation (also known as suspend to disk, or Safe Sleep on Macintosh computers [1]) in computing is powering down a computer while retaining its state. When hibernation begins, the computer saves the contents of its random access memory (RAM) to a hard disk or other non-volatile storage. When the computer is turned on the RAM is restored and ...