Power Down NIC Card Settings

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2 total messages Started by Colin B Maharaj Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:23

#3455

Author: Colin B Maharaj
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:23

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Hi all I have been looking all over for this, basically I have an 
application that works via a network connection, except sometimes the 
application gets installed on PCs where the O/S settings for the NIC 
says, that it will power DOWN the NIC card to save power.

How can I detect this setting (and maybe change it).

Re: Power Down NIC Card Settings

#3465

Author: Bob Gonder
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:12

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Colin B Maharaj wrote:

>Hi all I have been looking all over for this, basically I have an 
>application that works via a network connection, except sometimes the 
>application gets installed on PCs where the O/S settings for the NIC 
>says, that it will power DOWN the NIC card to save power.
>
>How can I detect this setting (and maybe change it).

Looks like IOCTL() with IOCTL_POWER_CAPABILITIES
But the docs on that were for CE.

Might look at SetThreadExecutionState()
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/power/base/setthreadexecutionstate.asp

Also, this looks promising....Power Profile Functions
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/power/base/power_profile_functions.asp?frame=true

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