A wake timer is a timed event that wakes the computer from a sleep or hibernate state at a specific time to perform scheduled tasks.
Important wake timers includes things like a required reboot after a Windows update. They supersede all other settings.
This tutorial will show you how to enable...
A wake timer is a timed event that wakes the computer from a sleep or hibernate state at a specific time to perform scheduled tasks.
Important wake timers includes things like a required reboot after a Windows update. They supersede all other settings.
This tutorial will show you how to get a...
When you put your computer to sleep or hibernate, many sources (ex: device or wake timers) can wake the computer.
See also:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/powercfg-command-line-options#option_lastwake...
When you put your computer to sleep, a device can automatically wake the computer if the device is currently configured (allowed) to wake the system from a sleep state.
Some devices may support waking the system from a sleep state, but are not currently configured to wake the system.
See also...
When you put your computer to sleep, a device can automatically wake the computer if the device is currently configured (allowed) to wake the system from a sleep state.
Some devices may support waking the system from a sleep state, but are not currently configured to wake the system.
Knowing...
A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two. A power plan is also known as a power scheme.
Changes made to a power plan settings...
A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two. A power plan is also known as a power scheme.
Changes made to a power plan settings...
A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two. A power plan is also known as a power scheme.
Changes made to a power plan settings...
A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two. A power plan is also known as a power scheme.
Changes made to a power plan settings...
A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two. A power plan is also known as a power scheme.
Changes made to a power plan settings...
A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two. A power plan is also known as a power scheme.
You can customize the default plans for...
A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two. A power plan is also known as a power scheme.
Changes made to a power plan settings...
You can generate a battery report to see battery usage and health characteristics over the lifetime of the system.
A battery report will include:
System details
Details on installed batteries
Recent usage
Battery usage
Usage history
Battery capacity history
Battery life estimates
This...
You can check battery usage per app to see which apps might be using more battery in the background.
Some apps let you manage background activity. If you find that an app is using a lot of battery when running in the background, you can change the Let this app run in the background setting for...
You can choose custom graphics performance settings you prefer for apps in Windows 11.
Graphics preference
Description
Let Windows decide
Automatically selects the Integrated GPU when running 2D apps and the Discrete GPU when running 3D apps. This is the default setting.
Power saving
A...
Sleep uses very little power, your PC starts up faster, and you’re instantly back to where you left off. You don’t have to worry that you'll lose your work because of your battery draining because Windows automatically saves all your work and turns off the PC if the battery is too low. Use Sleep...
The Enable forced button/lid shutdown power plan setting in Power Options specifies the type of system shutdown that occurs when the lid is closed or the power button is pressed if the Lid close action and/or Power button action is set to Shut down.
When Enable forced button/lid shutdown is...
Hibernate was designed for laptops and might not be available for all PCs. (For example, PCs with Modern Standby may not have the hibernate option.) Hibernate uses less power than sleep and when you start up the PC again, you’re back to where you left off (though not as fast as sleep).
While...
Sleep uses very little power, your PC starts up faster, and you’re instantly back to where you left off. You don’t have to worry that you'll lose your work because of your battery draining because Windows automatically saves all your work and turns off the PC if the battery is too low. Use Sleep...
The sleep button action setting lets users specify the default action to take when the system hardware sleep button (if available) on the PC is pressed.
Users can specify one of the following actions to take:
Do Nothing = No action is taken when the sleep button is pressed.
Sleep = The system...
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