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#25693 29-Aug-2008 11:44

do any of the UPS's integrate with vista so that you can operate vista like a laptop - i.e. see the battery/power icon in the task tray, set automatic sleep/hibernate options when running on battery (without using a seperate application)?

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#160719 29-Aug-2008 13:52

You've probably seen it already, but the Vista help topic "What's new in managing power settings" says:

You can use the battery meter to put a different power plan into effect. Although the battery meter is more commonly used with mobile PCs, it can also appear on a desktop computer if the computer is plugged into a USB uninterruptible power supply (UPS) or other short-term battery device.

While they don't provide a link to a list of compatible UPSs, I would think that any that have the "Designed for Vista" logo would be okay, or any popular brand such as APC. I notice that the help doco specifically mentions USB, making me think that COM port UPSs are no longer fully, natively supported in Vista.