C'est le titre d'un livre blanc décrivant les meilleures pratiques pour développer des applications gérant correctement les différents états liés à l'alimentation.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/PM_apps.mspx 

Abstract

The Windows Vista® operating system features significant changes to power management infrastructure, functionality, and user experiences. These changes impact all Microsoft® Windows® components, including third-party applications and services. Application developers must be aware of the changes to power management in Windows Vista, and design and test their applications accordingly.

This paper details the power management best practices for Windows Vista applications, including correctly handling sleep and resume transitions, responding to common system power events and designing for entertainment and media PC scenarios.

This information applies for the following operating systems:
Windows Server® 2008
Windows Vista

The current version of this paper is maintained on the Web at:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/PM_apps.mspx

References and resources discussed here are listed at the end of this paper.

Associé à ce livre blanc, vous pourrez également télécharger ici un petit utilitaire de test : le "Power Event Monitoring Tool" qui permet de tester les changements d'états du système.

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