The power management test tool (PwrTest) is a test tool that enables developers, testers, and system integrators to exercise and record power management information from the system. You can use PwrTest to automate sleep and resume transitions and record processor power management and battery information from the system over a period of time.

PwrTest features robust logging and a command-line interface. PwrTest is capable of logging information to both a Microsoft Windows Test Technologies (WTL) and XML file format.

PwrTest functionality is separated into scenarios. For more information about these scenarios, see PwrTest Scenarios.

PwrTest.exe is included in the Microsoft Windows Driver Kit (WDK) under the Tools\PowerManagement directory. In this directory, there are separate versions for 32-bit Windows platforms (i386\PwrTest.exe) and 64-bit Windows platforms (amd64\PwrTest.exe and ia64\PwrTest.exe).

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