UPS Management Software

[kevin97]

Hello,

Does anyone know if Windows 2003 Standard Edition has a built in UPS Management utility? The UPS is APC. I know about powerchute but I would like to know if something is built in to the OS.

thx

 

[itsp1965]

NT4 used to have a UPS Control Panel applet, but I think this was done away since most UPSses come with their own mgmt software which is more robust. Therefore you can say Windows2003 doesn't have this avail.

 

[58sniper]

It has some minimal UPS config, such as when to shutdown, etc. It's certainly no where near what the APC software gives.

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[kevin97]

sniper, where can I access the utility?

 

[1LUV1T]

Just a warning, and it could be just my setup, but before we got a real UPS, I activated Windows UPS in Power Management and was no longer able to boot into Windows. Right after the Windows loading screen, it would just reboot constantly. I had to go into Safe Mode and turn the darn setting off.

 

[kevin97]

good to know. AO, the UPS settings on my box are all shaded out. I just connected the serial cable to each other. Did you have to install something to get it enabled?

 

[kevin97]

nevermind, ignore my last post.