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Introduction

Help reduce your organization’s energy consumption and lower your costs by using Windows 7.

Overview

Windows 7 helps decrease power consumption across the enterprise. The power management technologies in Windows 7 provide platform and processor efficiencies that reduce power consumption and can help lower energy costs. Windows 7 also can extend battery life for specific scenarios. Additionally, it provides diagnostic tools that enable original equipments manufacturers (OEMs), independent hardware vendors (IHVs), independent software vendors (ISVs), and IT pros to better manage and troubleshoot power management issues on computers and to extend the battery life for portable computers.

How Windows 7 Helps

• Reduced Power Consumption

Microsoft designed Windows 7 with a strong focus on reducing the overall power consumption by investing in key areas of the platform including performance optimizations, idle resource utilization, device power management, and key end-user scenarios.

• Enhanced User Experience

Windows 7 can provide users with a richer experience when they are travelling by offering greater responsiveness and energy efficiency. Windows 7 provides enhanced processor power management to deliver energy savings and performance on portable computers, which can provide longer battery life.

• Provide IT with Better Tools to Manage Power Consumption

Windows 7 provides IT pros the tools they need to configure and resolve issues with power management, including power-management diagnostics. IT pros can configure Windows 7 power management by using PowerCfg.exe (a command-line power-management utility), Group Policy, and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). With Windows 7, IT pros are able to centrally manage more power management settings on a more granular level.

What Windows 7 Delivers

Through a combination of platform innovations, enterprise tools, and Microsoft engagement with hardware and software partners, Windows 7 enables individuals and businesses to significantly reduce PC power consumption. Through reduced power consumption, these individuals and businesses in turn will minimize their energy footprint; lowering their PC operating costs and reducing associated carbon emissions.

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