Danny Tsang » power test http://www.dannytsang.co.uk Eats and spits code by day Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Windows 7 Monitor Power Testhttp://www.dannytsang.co.uk/index.php/windows-7-monitor-power-test/ http://www.dannytsang.co.uk/index.php/windows-7-monitor-power-test/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:28:13 +0000 Danny http://www.dannytsang.co.uk/?p=2549 Continue reading → Related posts:
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]]> There is a report generator in 7 which can help you track down what is being used in terms of . The report tells you what is stopping the computer going into (if is turned on) as well as devices that do not “suspend”.

Go to the command line as an administrator. This can be achived by going to Start Menu and typing in the search bar. Search for cmd.exe under Programs, hold Shift key and right click on cmd.exe. At this point you can let go of the shift key and select Run as administrator.

A dialogue box may warn you when starting the the program but OK it to start the program. Type:
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and press enter to start it. The program will your computer for 1 minute. In this time do what you wish.

Once it has finished it will print out the location of the report which is in a HTML (web page) format. You may need to copy to a suitable folder for your browser to open it.

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