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Contents 1 Ways to save energy & $'s 1.1 Nightly PC Automated Shutdowns 1.1.1 WinXP 1.1.2 Win98 1.2 Modify BIOS Settings 1.3 Servers 1.4 Printers 1.5 Charge for Color

Ways to save energy & $'s

Nightly PC Automated Shutdowns

Thad and I discussed this. Of the 850 machines, about 400 are Teacher WinXP, which can be controlled with a VB app Thad will code. Of the rest of the machines, about 240 are in labs with Deep Freeze already shutting down at 8:00pm each night.

WinXP

• Shutdown / Scheduled Task

shutdown /s /f (c:\windows\tasks)

the following causes the shutdown to initiate at time xx:xx. but then adds idle time requirement to it, so after 1 minute idle, the task runs, after time occurs

Win98

• Deepfreeze (caveat: workstation must be in frozen state)
• w95down.exe from cooltools [o:\technology stuff\w95down\] (caveat: user must be logged in) :-(

Modify BIOS Settings

1. idle down drives
2. idle down fans

Servers

1. move to blades, turn off all other possible servers, air conditioners

Printers

1. set idle time/standby mode same to all
2. set toner save on
3. set driver to black by default, and draft

Charge for Color