Posts by Fitz

Council worker develops PC energy-saving program

'No substitute'...?

Mick Clarke, the county council's cabinet member for organisation and performance said: "Peter's programme is undoubtedly a great help, but it is no substitute for switching off computers when they are not in use."

So a program that switches off computers when they are not in use is no substitute for switching computers off when they are not in use..?

Erm..?

I think that's manager speak for 'I really REALLY should have thought of this, but I didn't so I'll downplay the significance.'

My solution

...and I might add, I've been doing this for a long time for 2000+ desktops; except my solution is a scheduled task that runs locally on the workstation to prevent the annoying lazy users from avoiding the 'hassle' of having to wait for their computer to boot in the morning by unplugging their network cable.