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Power Management and ACPI

Windows Power and Battery Subsystem Requirements

Introduction to Connected Standby

Energy Smart Software

The Science of Sleep

Timers, Timer Resolution, and Development of Efficient Code

Developing Efficient Background Processes for Windows

Mobile Battery Life Solutions for Windows 7: A Guide for Mobile Platform Professionals

Power Availability Requests

Power Policy Configuration and Deployment in Windows

PPM in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Reducing the Disk Footprint for Windows 7 Hibernation

Using PowerCfg to Evaluate System Energy Efficiency

Windows 7 Brightness Control for Integrated Displays

Windows On/Off Transitions Solutions Guide

Windows Timer Coalescing

Application Power Management Best Practices for Windows Vista

Designing Power-Friendly Devices

Increasing System Power Efficiency through Driver Support for Runtime Idle Detection

Mobile Battery Solutions Guide for Windows Vista

Optimizing Windows Vista Platforms for Energy Efficiency

Power In, Dollars Out: How to Stem the Flow in the Data Center

Processor Power Management in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

Recommendations for Power Budgeting with Windows Server

Windows Disk Idle Detection

Battery Life and Energy Efficiency

How to Enable Processor Power Management in Windows Server 2003

ACPI Driver Interface in Windows Vista

Extended PSS ACPI Method Specification

How to Identify the Windows Version in ACPI by Using _OSI

Microsoft Debug Port Table 2 (DBG2)

TPM 2.0 Hardware Interface Table (TPM2)

Microsoft Software Licensing Tables (SLIC and MSDM)

Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT)

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Battery Life and Energy Efficiency

Energy efficient hardware design and software implementation are critical for achieving extended battery life in mobile platforms.

Battery Life Solutions

Mobile Battery Life Solutions for Windows 7: A Guide for Mobile Platform Professionals

Energy Efficient Design for Battery Life

Designing Power-Friendly Devices
Design concepts and recommendations for multicore platforms, PCI Express 2.0. and USB 2.0
Power Policy Configuration and Deployment in Windows
Power policy store, power policy configuration and reference, how to use PowerCfg tool
Processor Power Management in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Disk Idle Detection
Windows infrastructure details, guide for pre-install power policies, how to PwrTest to view disk idle behavior

Enery Efficiency for Driver Developers

Increasing System Power Efficiency through Driver Support for Runtime Idle Detection
How drivers for USB and other devices can increase system power efficiency
PnP and Power Management in Framework-based Drivers

Energy Efficiency for Application Developers

Application Power Management Best Practices for Windows Vista
Handling sleep/resume, design for common events and media PC scenarios, how to use Power Event Monitoring Tool
Application Shutdown Changes in Windows Vista
Power and Device Awareness
Tips in the Mobile PC User Experience Guidelines for Developers

Measuring and Optimizing Power Performance

Optimizing Windows Vista Platforms for Energy Efficiency
Tips for extending battery life; how to evaluate; example power policy settings to favor power savings

Tools for Testing Energy Efficiency and Power Events

Building Energy-Smart Applications for Windows Vista [file]
Visual Studio example code for responding to common power events
Powercfg Command-Line Options [TechNet]
Command-line documentation
PwrTest
Details on WDK tool for automating S3 behavior
Using Performance Monitor [TechNet]

Tips from Experts: Energy Efficient Design

Power Management Developer References

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Power Management and ACPI

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