Power options in Windows is a feature that helps you manage your computer’s power consumption. It helps you save energy, maximize system performance, or strike a balance between the two.
There are three packages available in the power options, and by default your computer is set to any of them (usually balanced). Balanced, energy-saving and high-performance are 3 power packs. You can always customize them or create your own energy plan.
Here are a few things you can do with this feature.
Click the battery icon on your taskbar. Choose and change any one of three given energy plans. Click the “More power options” link to go to the power options settings.
There is a link below the power plans to “change plan settings”. You can change the power settings according to your needs.
There are many options available on the left pane. You can change them and all the changes you make are automatically applied to all power plans.
Decide how the system will react when you press the power or sleep button or close the lid of your laptop. In my computer when I press the power button it goes to sleep. I can also disable or hibernate using these settings.
On the left pane, click “Change when the computer sleeps”. to change sleep preferences.
You can now set a period of inactivity after which the screen will turn off or go to sleep.
Similarly, select the option “Choose what the power buttons do” on the left. Here you can choose the role of the power button. Suppose you often get annoyed with the power button because if you accidentally press it, your computer will shut down. Simply select “Do nothing” or sleep to change it. You can also select the “Require password” option to prohibit any other users from accessing your computer when it wakes up.
If you are not satisfied with any given source package then you can create a custom source package where you can decide all roles and settings. Click “Create a power plan” on the left in the power options.
Choose the power plan whose settings are closest to what you want to create. Enter the name of the new power plan in the given box and click Next.
Decide on sleep mode, brightness and disable display settings and click Create button.
Check the list of favorite plans. Your newly created plan will be in that list and selected. You can switch to a different plan at any time. You can also remove your custom plan whenever you want.
Advanced power options
Click “Change plan settings”. Now click on “Change advanced power settings”. Here you can play with many advanced settings.
Note: Don’t customize the settings if you don’t know what you’re doing. It can cause unnecessary problems with the PC.
Remember: Power option settings depend on hardware configuration. It varies from computer to computer. One good thing about Windows is that it automatically detects the configuration and sets up the power plans accordingly.
If you find that you can’t customize some power plans or that some options are disabled, contact your computer manufacturer. It could be a problem with the BIOS or the video card.
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