Also available is Aerofoil (free from http://
www.silentsoftware.co.uk/), a program that simply switches off Glass when
you??™re mobile and then turns it back on when you??™ve plugged in.
Want to know whether your power-saving measures are paying
off? Check out the BatTrack tool (free, http://blogs.
microsoft.co.il/files/folders/tamir/entry23412.aspx), written by
the author of Vista Battery Saver, or the BattStat tool (also free,
http://users.rcn.com/tmtalpey/BattStat/).
What??™s funny about all this is that in some of Vista??™s beta-test versions, each
entry in the Power Options??“Advanced Settings window had two settings:
one for On battery and the other for Plugged in. Microsoft actually removed
these settings from the final version, but if you have the Vista Business or
Ultimate edition, you can still use them by opening the Group Policy Object
Editor (gpedit.msc), and expanding the branches to Computer Configuration???
Administrative Templates ??? System ??? Power Management. As it turns out,
Vista Battery Saver is much easier to use, but if you don??™t want to install any
third-party software, the Group Policy Object Editor is a workable alternative.
Disable devices, stop services
Don??™t need that ethernet port right now? Not using your DVD drive? Turn
??™em off and save some more power.
Open Device Manager, expand the branches to show your ???expendable???
devices, and then right-click each one and select Properties.
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