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there are ways to curtail the energy draw, including an application created by Verdiem called Edison. Edison provides a simple means of controlling and monitoring the energy used by your personal computer.
Edison features:

* Energy savings scheduling
* Simple energy savings settings
* See your calculated energy savings
* Available for both Windows XP and Vista

System requirements:

* Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Vista
* 256MB of RAM
* IE 5.01 or better
* 7MB free disk space
* .NET 2.0
Getting and installing

Navigate to the Edison page and download the version suited to your operating system. When that file has downloaded double click the icon to begin the installation. The installation will offer no surprises that would trip up any Windows user. It’s not until you finish the installation that you might see something unusual.

When you do finish up the installation and start Edison a window will open requiring you to register your new software. The registration process is simple. Click on the “click here” link in the window (Figure A) which will direct you to the sign up page. When you have filled out your registration an activation email will be sent to you with a link to click to finish the process. Once you have finished go back to the Edison window and click the “I’m Activated” button.

Once you have clicked the “I’m Activated” button the Edison application will open ready to use.
Figure A


Using Edison
From the Edison main window (Figure B) you can control numerous power saving configurations. From this main window you can configure the power used on your machine while you are working, while you are not working, or scheduled times. As you switch “tabs” within Edison you will notice that both the Work Times and Non-Work Times configuration options are the same, they only apply to different periods of use (or non-use). This is a nice feature because it allows you to set your monitor shut off times differently for when you are working vs. when you are not working.

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