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Computers can consume a lot of power and thus have a significant impact to your energy bill. The easiest thing to do is, when you are not using your PC just shutdown it now. Especially when you leave the office for the night or go to bed at night. A reason the computer might need to be left on is if there are some backups running over night. If your computer does need be left running over night, turning off monitors, speakers and other peripherals does help and adds up to saving money on your energy bill.
Control Panel -> Power Options
The two easiest things you can set are when to turn off the display and when to put the computer to sleep at a set time. When you turn the display off the display and computer is still using power, but will be using much less energy than it sitting there running some screen saver that no one is looking at. Determine which settings work best for your workstation or laptop and set appropriately.
If you like to dig down and really tweak your computers power usage to to 'Change Advanced power settings' on the screen above.
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There are many options in Windows Vista for Power Savings. To set these options go to Control Panel -> Power Option. The two easiest things you can set are when to turn off the display and when to put the computer to sleep. These are items that can be turned off easily. Think about the amount of time you typically step away from the computer and set accordingly. Microsoft Vista comes with three different 'plans' that make some settings based on general use of computers, balanced, power saver and high performance. You have the option to create your own custom power plan based on exactly how you use your computer. 
