Diagnosing Application Compatibility Issues Affecting Windows Power Management in Windows 7 and Windows server 2008 R2

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Diagnosing Application Compatibility Issues Affecting Windows Power Management

“Have you ever wondered why Windows power management doesn’t always seem to work as you might expect? Perhaps the display goes off while you are watching a video or you come back to your PC after being away for a while and it hasn’t automatically gone to sleep like you expected? This document gives IT professionals, PC enthusiasts and software application developers and testers the guidance they need to diagnose issues with interactions between Windows power management and software applications”

• The document covers amongst other things
• System Sleep and Display Power Management
• Diagnosing Automatic Sleep and Display Power Management Issues
• Using Powercfg as a diagnostic tool
• Appropriate Use of Availability Requests
• Diagnosing Sleep Reliability Issues
• Diagnosing and Debugging Timer Resolution and Periodic Activity issues

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Rob

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