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ACPI电源管理（国外英文资料） Click, is it so simple to turn off? -- the power management system for Windows The author: hebei zheng heming, April 19, 16:13 Everyone in previous USES Windows 9 x is often remind: cannot directly according to the switch, the start/shut down to shut down, otherwise it will be possible damage to the whole system, etc. But now the latest Windows Me/Windows 2000 / XP operating system, using its strong power management system, plus any one as long as it supports ACPI motherboard can be done using the sleep and standby mode to safely shut down. That is, you can now press your power switch at any time, and dont worry about the loss of the system. This article focuses on Windows 2000 and describes how Windowss power management system implements these features. The concept of power management What is power management? Windows operating system has a power management function, the function can make the whole system into sleep low power consumption, such as standby and hibernation mode, the purpose is to control the power consumption of computers. The Windows operating system can reawaken the system when you press the power button, and the system will be in the running state immediately. What is ACPI? ACPI represents the Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface. ACPI is an open industry specification that defines flexible, extensible hardware interfaces for the system plug-in board. Software designers use this specification to integrate the power management functions of the entire computer system (including hardware, operating system, and application software). This integration allows Windows 2000 to determine which applications are active and to handle all the power management resources of the computer subsystem and peripheral devices. ACPI is able to make the operating system on the laptop, desktop, server, and peripheral equipment such as on a wide range of power management, it allows a computer need to press a key on the keyboard can be star