ACPI / Power Management - Architecture and Driver Support

A comprehensive approach to system configuration and device power control is built into Microsoft Windows operating systems, based on the ACPI system interface and other new bus and device specifications. Windows supports capabilities that can be exploited by drivers and applications to improve the user's computing experience.

Power Management Best Practices

	Application Power Management Best Practices for Windows Vista
	Designing Power-Friendly Devices
	Increasing System Power Efficiency through Driver Support for Runtime Idle Detection
	Measuring System Resume Performance on Windows Vista
	Optimizing Windows Vista Platforms for Energy Efficiency
	Plug and Play and Power Management in WDF Drivers
	Power Policy Configuration and Deployment in Windows Vista
	Processor Power Management in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
	Recommendations for Power Budgeting with Windows Server
	Selective Suspend in USB Drivers
	Windows Disk Idle Detection
	Windows Vista Energy Conservation
	Integrating Drivers and Applications with Windows Power Management

More Power and Windows Vista Topics

	Power Event Monitoring Tool Sample Application
	_OSC Method and PCI Express in Windows Vista
	ACPI Driver Interface in Windows Vista
	Away Mode in Windows Vista
	Direct Application Launch from System Startup on Windows Vista
	Windows Vista Energy Conservation
	Developing Power-Aware Applications for Windows Vista [PDC 2005; 626 KB]
	Battery Life and Energy Efficiency

Power Management - WinHEC 2007

	Designing Power Friendly Devices [WinHEC 2007; 13.5 MB]
	PCs and Energy: Efficiency Implications for OEMs and IHVs [WinHEC 2007; 416 KB]
	Power Optimizations for Windows Platforms [WinHEC 2007; 2.1 MB]
	Windows Server Power Management [WinHEC 2007; 1.3 MB]
	Windows Server Power Management [WinHEC 2007; Streaming media]

ACPI & Power Management - WinHEC 2006

	ACPI in Windows Vista [WinHEC 2006; 450 KB]
	Case Study: ATI Device Power Management in Windows Vista [WinHEC 2006; 658 KB]
	Power Management in Windows Vista [WinHEC 2006; 459 KB]

ACPI and Process Power Management

	How to Enable Processor Power Management in Windows Server 2003
	Static Resource Affinity Table
	Implementing and Debugging ACPI on Windows Platforms [WinHEC 2004; 349 KB]
	Presentations on the ACPI Web Site

ACPI Hot-Plug Topics

Static Resource Affinity Table

Microsoft ACPI Source Language (ASL) Compilers and ASL Sample Code

	ASL String Compare Function (OS detection) [33 KB]
	Microsoft ASL Compiler v1.0.14NT Production Release [3.5 MB]
	Microsoft ASL Compiler v2.0.2 BETA [3.5 MB]
	Microsoft ASL Compiler, v. 3.0.1 [646 KB]

Power Management and ACPI Specifications

	Industry Specification References for Windows Logo Program
	Extended PSS ACPI Method Specification

PnP and Power Developer References

	Windows Logo Program Requirements and Policies
	Power Management (MSDN Library)
	WDK Online

See Also

	IA-64 Systems and ACPI 2.0 64-bit Tables
	Archived White Papers

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