Software to turn off Power management?

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howard schwartz

I find that my, otherwise reliable, old, dos-based, Fast Lynx software tends to
disconnect during large file transfers because, I believe, the power saving
features of either windows and/or the bios software turns off the disk after
a certain amount of time with no keystrokes or mouse movements.*

In this regard, is there some kind of `keepalive' program analogous to
keepalive software for internet connections that would simulate a keystroke
every so often so your power saving features would stay happy? Alternately,
is their software to quickly turn off power saving, either in the bios, or as
part of windows software?
 
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In this regard, is there some kind of `keepalive' program analogous to
keepalive software for internet connections that would simulate a
keystroke every so often so your power saving features would stay
happy? Alternately, is their software to quickly turn off power
saving, either in the bios, or as part of windows software?
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It's not all that pretty, but

For Win98SE (prolly similar in other flavours

Settings>Active Desktop>Customise my desktop>

Screensaver tab

Click on Settings in lower (powersaving) section

Select "always on" powerscheme from dropdown list.

Make sure all the timings are "never" if that's what you want.

"apply" and "OK"

It's quicker to do than to describe!

mike
 
I find that my, otherwise reliable, old, dos-based, Fast Lynx software tends to
disconnect during large file transfers because, I believe, the power saving
features of either windows and/or the bios software turns off the disk after
a certain amount of time with no keystrokes or mouse movements.*

In this regard, is there some kind of `keepalive' program analogous to
keepalive software for internet connections that would simulate a keystroke
every so often so your power saving features would stay happy? Alternately,
is their software to quickly turn off power saving, either in the bios, or as
part of windows software?
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Poweroff
http://users.pandora.be/jbosman/applications.html
http://users.pandora.be/jbosman/poweroff/poweroff.htm
Poweroff is a small program that allows you to control the power state of your pc.
 
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