PowerProfiler(TM) for Windows(r) NT(TM)4.0
Release 2.10.03
January 29, 1997

Copyright(c) 1997 SystemSoft Corporation, All Rights Reserved
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Section Contents:
1.   General Description and Installation
2.   Major Release Components
3.   Enhancements and New Functionality
4.   Known limitations
5.   Problems Addressed in this Release
6.   Documentation and Collateral

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1.   General Description and Installation

PowerProfiler for Windows NT provides a complete power management
solution for portable platforms running Microsoft's Windows NT
4.0 environment.  PowerProfiler provides suspend/resume control, 
active battery status and metering, and a wide variety of user 
selectable parameters and alarms all within an easy to use Windows 
application.  It includes an APM 1.2 kernel driver that interfaces 
with an APM BIOS.  PowerProfiler for Windows NT is a generic product, 
and is platform independent.

Release 2.10 (Build .03) is a maintenance release which includes support
for CardWizard for Windows NT 2.0 suspend/resume support for PC Cards, 
as well as an enhanced installation, and bug fixes.

PowerProfiler resides on two diskettes.  To install, run Setup.exe on Disk 1.

If you have the single file pp210gne.exe, this is a self extracting
zip file.  Copy to a directory, double click to unzip, and run Setup.exe.  
To create diskette images, from the DOS prompt run 'pp200gne -d [<path>]'

PowerProfiler for Windows NT has been designed and tested on a number
of different platforms with many different BIOS's.  Although qualification 
across these varied platforms has been successful, we recommend testing 
by SystemSoft's Quality Assurance Department on specific platforms prior 
to them shipping with PowerProfiler.


2.   Major Release Components

Component                       Description
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PowerProfiler.exe		User interface application
ppntapm.sys			APM 1.2 Kernel Driver (Also supports APM 1.1 BIOS)
pwrpront.dll			PowerProfiler DLL
apmsrv.exe			PowerProfiler service application
batmeter.exe			Battery Meter Faceless Application
sspwrpro.scr			Low power screen saver (for display timer)
setup.pkg  			Installation utility components
mhgage32.ocx			Battery gauge control (from Microsoft)
msacal70.ocx			calendar control (from Microsoft)

Internal version numbers
apmsrv.exe		1.00.10 01/24/97
pwrpront.dll 		1.00.09 01/24/97
sspwrpro.scr 		1.00.05 01/07/97
ppntapm.sys		1.00.09 01/29/97
batmeter.exe		1.00.03 11/20/96
powerprofiler.exe 	2.10.03 01/24/97
ppindll.dll		1.00.00 11/11/96


3.   Enhancements and New Functionality since 2.00.01 release

CardWizard 2.0 integration is complete.  Previous release had some support, but
full integration could not be completed until CW 2.0 was ready for release.

A new bitmap for the powerprofiler.exe splash screen has been incorporated.

PowerProfiler install utility now checks the NT version and does not allow 
installation on any versions below 4.0 (e.g. 3.51).

PowerProfiler Install utility displays the new splash screen.

Low Power Screen saver processing has been changed:

	If the display timer expires (screen in low power state - black) and 
	then the system is suspended (press suspend button while screen is black),
	then on a resume, our screen saver bitmap is not displayed.
	If screen saver password is enabled, the user will be kicked into 
	the password dialog box.

	If the display timer expires (screen in low power state - black), and a 
	suspend is attempted (using hardware button or BIOS suspend timer) 
	while a PC card is inserted and CW 2.0 is installed, then the screen is
	taken out of the low power state so that CardWizard suspend notification 
	message can be seen.


An error message is no longer displayed if you try to start PowerProfiler 
when it is already running.  Instead, the PowerProfiler application screen is
brought to the foreground.

A new installation utility is now available for PowerProfiler and CardWizard 
for Windows NT which will install both applications selectively or together.  This 
The single PowerProfiler setup program will still be provided and is supported in 
this release.

Defaults.ini entries for low battery and very low battery alarm settings have been improved.  
The defaults for these entries have also been changed to 20% for low battery and 10% for 
very low battery (previously they were   5% and 2% respectively).  The OEM can of course 
change the defaults.ini values to whatever they want, but it made sense to change the 
alarm settings to more reasonable values as the shipping default.




4.   Known Limitations 

  Occasionally, an error message may appear upon resume:
  "System Process - Lost Delayed - Write Data.   The system was
  attempting to transfer file data from buffers to
  \Device\Hardisk0\Partition1\$Mft.  The write operation failed,
  and some of the data may have  been written to the file."
  PowerProfiler forces a flush of all disk buffers prior to
  suspend.  No evidence of any lost data has been found.  This
  problem is still under investigation and it is recommended that
  prior to suspending that data be saved.  This problem has only
  been observed on some platforms - others do not exhibit the problem.

  The 'Very Low Battery' warning message, when suspend on very
  low is enabled, cannot be cleared with the enter key.  Use the
  spacebar or the mouse button to clear this message.

  On rare occasions we have observed following a Resume
  operation that no applications can be launched, though the mouse
  can be moved and the system does not appear to be hung. 
  This problem has only been observed on some platforms - others 
  do not exhibit the problem. It is recommended that prior to suspending 
  the user should save data. 

  Clicking on PowerProfiler icon very fast may result in 
  multiple instances of the application being run.  
 
  The "APPLY" button is not grayed out when changes have not been made.
  It should be grayed until a change has been made to be consistent with
  the Windows UI.  

  Uninstall (run via Control Panel Add/Remove Utility) does not remove the 
  "Suspend" option from the start menu (if it has been enabled to be placed 
  in the start menu).  To remove from the start menu the user may run the 
  PowerProfiler application and uncheck the "Show suspend in start menu" 
  option BEFORE uninstalling PowerProfiler.  If uninstall has already been 
  done, then it can be removed by running start/settings/taskbar, select 
  "start menu programs", select advanced, and delete the "Suspend" icon 
  from winnt\profiles\all users\start menu.

  Problems occur if PowerProfiler is installed by Administrator and 
  uninstalled by a user.   Uninstall appears to complete with no problems,
  but on reboot error messages may appear, and some PowerProfiler components
  are not removed.  It is recommended that only the administrator 
  installs/uninstalls PowerProfiler to avoid any problems.  

5.   Problems Addressed in this Release

Many bugs have been reported and fixed between 2.00.01 and 2.10.03.  
It is recommended that any problems that were observed with the
2.00.01 release be retested with this release.  

6.   Documentation and Collateral

Document        Description       Avail        Format
--------        -----------       -----        ------
User's Guide   Installation and    Now       Hardcopy and
                        Usage                '.doc' (Microsoft
                                             Word)
Product Brief  Features and        Now       Hardcopy and
                       Benefits              '.doc'
                                             (Microsoft
                                             Word)
Technical     Interfaces and    End of       Hardcopy and
Reference     Customizations     Jan         '.doc'
                                             (Microsoft
                                             Word)
