Power Start Tool
It is sometimes desirable to ensure the computer does not sleep or hibernate whilst performing an important task. This can be difficult to ensure whilst using standard idle based power conservation and may result in active power management being sacrificed to ensure correct operation.
Power Manager is supplied with a small utility called Power Start that be used to launch a critical application. Power Start is included in the main PowerMAN installation when installed from the main MSI file.
Power Start can launch almost any application and whilst that program is executing will:
- Log that system was not idle (even when no user is present)
- Prevent the computer from entering the idle state
Programs launched with Power Start are labeled ‘Other Activity’ in the PowerMAN reports. This activity is shown in blue and can therefore be easily distinguished from user activity shown in green.