SmartPower 1.2.5 - (Windows service that saves energy (and money)

[FunkY]

SmartPower is a Windows service that saves energy (and money) by hibernating and resuming your Windows PC according to configurable rules.

SmartPower is particularly suited to Windows Home Servers, torrent/download boxes and HTPCs.

How does it work?

SmartPower's "goal" is to hibernate (or suspend, or shutdown) your PC. The SmartPower configuration utility lets you create rules that prevent this happening. When SmartPower sees that no rules currently apply it will initiate hibernate (or suspend, or shutdown). The potential rules are:

• One or more schedules are active - A schedule is a period of time during which the PC must stay on. By default SmartPower will wake-up your PC in order to honour a schedule.
• One or more devices are online - A device is anything on your network that will respond to a ping.
• Network throughput (the bytes flowing through a particular interface) is above a configurable threshold.
• CPU usage is above a configurable threshold.
• One or more processes are running - A process is a Windows process.

Requirements

• .NET Framework 3.5
• Windows XP or later

Licensing
SmartPower is free for personal use only

Change history

1.2.4 to 1.2.5

• Fixed UI bug related to new network interface list.
• Removed "isatap" and "Teredo" psuedo-interfaces from network interface list.

Homepage and download
http://ignatu.co.uk/SmartPower.aspx

[Bearcat]

Thanks for the info FunkY. I usually shut down my PC when I am not on it. Luckily my computer boots up in about 20 seconds, so I don't have any big wait times, like I've heard other people complain about.

[Raymond]

Same here. I don't keep my PC turned on all the time because my computer turns on pretty fast too, thanks to the SSD hard drive.
Moreover, turning off the PC when not in use help to conserve energy and save money.

[Bearcat]

@ Raymond Do you think you could ever go back to a HDD for your OS? After using a SSD for a few months now, I think it would drive me absolutely crazy.

[Raymond]

@ Raymond Do you think you could ever go back to a HDD for your OS? After using a SSD for a few months now, I think it would drive me absolutely crazy.

I don't think I can. In fact I am even considering upgrading my test system to SSD drive.

[Bearcat]

I don't think I can. In fact I am even considering upgrading my test system to SSD drive.

The prices of SSDs have come down a bit and I have toyed with the idea of getting one for my old PC, but don't know if it would be worth the investment. It was built in 2007, which is "ancient technology" by todays standards. Also, I'm not sure the MB would support an SSD. The MB is the Intel 975XBX2 and the cpu I have is the Intel Q6700 . Do you have an opinion on whether it would work and if it is worth it?