Measurement Computing WavePort 312P rev.1.0 - Manual (Page 14)

2-2 Install Software and Change PC Settings PowerVista/312 User’s Manual
Figure 2-1. The Control Panel Power Management ICON.
Once activated, go through each of the tabbed folders and disable all power management features. In most cases
this includes: Power, Disk Drives, and PC-Cards. Make sure that none of these have power management options
checked and operational. You will have to re-boot your machine to make these changes take effect.
2.4 Disable CD ROM Auto Insert Notification
One of the unseen and often overlooked process time stealers is the Auto Insert Notification for CD ROMS.
This feature auto starts a CD ROM software installation as soon as a CD ROM is inserted in the drive. In the
Control Panel, under System icon, then Device Manager tab, the CD ROM device is located among a list of all
equipment presently allocated for the PC. The Auto Insert Notification selection is located under the CDROM
device, then installed model, then device Settings Tab. This selection should be unchecked to keep Win95 from
taking process time by auto-polling the CD ROM to see if an installation disk has been loaded.
Figure 2-2. CD ROM Auto Insert Notification.
2.5 Disable Win95 Screen Savers and Energy Management Functions
Screen savers and energy management functions are additional process time stealers. These functions also need
to be completely disabled to be able to run EasyPower Measure as a real time un-interrupted application. The
energy management functions are also the most customized setup configuration for the PC, where vendors apply
all types of specialty functions as well as non-standard Win95 interfaces. With such variations, suffice it to say,
any energy management function or screen saver utility (Win95 or other installed program) must be disabled.