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    Windows 7 Power Plan question

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Dreamliner330, Aug 22, 2011.

  1. Dreamliner330

    Dreamliner330 Notebook Evangelist

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    I use one of 2 power plan settings: 'Max Battery' or 'High Performance'. How do I get those two options in the battery pop up menu without having to go into 'More Power Options'?
     
    Dreamliner330, Aug 22, 2011
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    Windows Key + X
     
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    there's no need for high performance as balances is equal to high performance when ever you need high performance (it auto-balances). if there is a real, measurable difference, consider tweaking the balanced settings (you can edit them) according to your-notebook-related tweaks (sometimes, very rare, a tiny cpu tweak might need to be done. but in 99% of the cases, balances is IDENTICAL to high performance when ever the cpu is used).
     
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    You can also use a program called BatteryCare to automatically change power schemes when on battery or external power:
    BatteryCare
     
    Gandalf_The_Grey, Aug 23, 2011
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    It just baffles me that Windows cant manage this effectively.
     
    Dreamliner330, Aug 23, 2011
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    Windows does automatically change power plans when on battery/ plugged in.
     
    coolguy, Aug 23, 2011
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    Mine only shows me the current setting and the last I used. Maybe I flipped an option at some point, but all I do is click on the battery/plug icon to swap it. I find that to be effective enough.
     
    woofer00, Aug 23, 2011
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    Try using 2 options that are not 'Balanced', then take a screenshot. ;)

    Balanced is always one of the 2 options.
     
    Dreamliner330, Aug 23, 2011
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    I think this can vary. My netbook does what his machine does, yet my Latitude behaves like you described.
     
    booboo12, Aug 23, 2011
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    You can kind of merge them together and make balanced work as power saver on battery, but you have to manually change all the settings to match.

    Batterybar can change power plans as well, but I forget if that was in the free version or not; I still like having a little taskbar indicator.
     
    Kuu, Aug 23, 2011
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    Hmm. Either Dell or Balanced always shows up, and the other can be high performance or power saver. They're all tweaked regardless.
     
    woofer00, Aug 24, 2011
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