The Power saver power plan is designed for maximizing energy savings and is good for mobile PC usage and for maximizing battery life. By default, the Balanced power plan is recommended, because it configures Windows 7 to dynamically scale the level of delivered performance, depending on current workload requirements.
The following three main power plans are available in Windows 7:Įach power plan targets different uses, and you can easily switch between different power plans to provide tradeoffs between performance and power consumption. However, if you have a specific requirement to adjust a power plan in Windows 7, you can look in this document to learn about several common changes that you can make to a power plan. Note The long-term goal for future versions of Windows is to use dynamic power plans. This article contains information about how to troubleshoot power plans in Windows 7.
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