In this article we would be exploring different Power options provided by Windows Vista and how to adjust them to suit your power requirements. Saving power consumption is extremely important especially when you are running Windows Vista on your laptop and running on battery power.
Windows Vista has three default power plans that help you to balance your system power and performance. You can also customize these plans as per your need to enhance your system performance and save your battery consumption. These power plans also specify when Windows must turn off the display, or put your computer to sleep after certain time, so that the period when your computer is inactive do not result into consumption of your battery and saves your energy and battery life.
You can change these power plans to suit your requirements as well as specify what your system would do when you perform a certain action such as what your laptop should do when you close its lid.
How to change Power Plans in Windows Vista. Click the Start button and then choose Control Panel. The Power options window has three power plans to choose from. The default plan is 'Balanced' which balances the battery life with system performance.
The 'Power Saver' plan maximizes the battery life but the performance of your system will be poor. You can also create a new plan from the existing one if you wish. You can do that by clicking on the link 'Change plan settings' given under each plan. See in the image given above By clicking this link you will be taken to 'Edit Plan Settings' window.
This window lets you customize your settings for 'turning off the display' and 'put the computer to sleep 'when system is plugged in and running on then battery. To create a new power plan, click on the 'Create a power plan' link in the left pane of the window. This link takes you to the Create a Power Plan wizard. This wizard begins by letting you choose either of the three default power plans which is the nearest to your new settings and then enter a plan name in the 'Plan Name' textbox.
Then click on Next and proceed with customizing your settings. Power Plans Here we can select a power plan. Balanced Power Plan In our case we see options in case our computer runs on battery and in case our computer is plugged in. Advanced Options Here we can change the plan which we want to customize and then change particular setting. If you are not on a laptop, you will probably only see the power button option.
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In this mode, the system goes into standby, but RAM contents are written to disk, just as they are in hibernate S4 mode. Application developers need to be aware of changes in the shutdown process in Windows Vista. The net result is that when users want to turn off their computers, they're much more likely to get what they ask for. In Power Options in Control Panel, users can choose the power management behavior that they want.
Settings are collected into power plans, each of which has one of the following designated personalities:. Besides clarifying options for users, the personalities make it easier to determine the overall intent of each power plan.
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