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    Maximum savings settings for Windows 7 ?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Laptopaddict, Oct 29, 2014.

  1. Laptopaddict

    Laptopaddict Notebook Deity

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    I need to save my battery as much on my laptop , is there a guide like there was for Vista , regarding this ??
     
    Laptopaddict, Oct 29, 2014
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    You should apply the same tweaks more or less.

    Depending on your laptop, you may have to set the GPU power settings in the respective control utility or through power settings, same for the wireless adapter and maybe a few other devices.
     
    tijo, Oct 29, 2014
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    You can also drop the CPU maximum processor state levels when it's in battery mode to bring up your battery run times.
     
    Rodster, Oct 29, 2014
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    Do you have a link to that vista thread ??
     
    Laptopaddict, Oct 29, 2014
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    Screen brightness also plays an important part in battery usage.
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Oct 30, 2014
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    This would help more but what laptop are we talking about? There is only so much tweaks you can do and with a make/model this discussion is so broad that there be no specific tweaks anyone will know will work?
     
    StormJumper, Oct 30, 2014
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