PC Power Management Solutions

For PC-savvy people, setting PC power settings is easy. Unless your computer system is locked-down, and then you have to have an Administrator make the settings for you. Let me start again...

For PC-savvy people with Administrator privileges, setting PC power settings is easy. Unless you have lots and lots of computers (more than a few dozen), and well – it is still easy. It is just time consuming. If you have plenty of time, then you probably are not working in IT; because IT professionals are always busy. Busy finishing the fight against yesterday's fires while learning the new technologies in order to prevent tomorrow's fires.

I am in the middle of pulling together the details of all my research on computer power management (or power management software) solutions. Why? Because people need more than just "PowerPoint summaries"; but also I have some great data to share. To start things off, though, here are some useful lists:

• Integrated Solutions – Although the name makes them sound sophisticated, these are the solutions that desktop management vendors added to existing desktop management products. If you are looking for a power management solution, this is a good place to start. If you are already using the desktop management solution, then that is where you want to start your evaluation. integrated solution list


• Stand-Alone Solutions – My mother used to always say that "no man stands alone", and yet there are times when it makes sense for software to stand alone. These solutions provide centralized support for large number (greater than 500) of computer systems. stand alone solution list.


• Home and Home Office Utilities – Here is my list of simple power management utilities best suited to individual users who do not need (or do not have) an IT staff to help them. home office solution list.

If you know of a solution that is somehow not on one of my three lists, please drop me an email. You can contact me at the email address on my website's About page.

I will keep this list up to date. Check the "last updated" date on the bottom of each page.