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Windows Phone 8 power saving tips for enhancing battery life

It is annoying when our smartphone runs out of battery. The more we use the phone features, the more is the battery juice used. So it is necessary to maintain the battery life and make the most from the phone. [...]

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Enable Console Lock Display Off Timeout in Windows 8 Power Options

Windows 8 users may have noticed that after your computer has been locked for 1 minute, the display is turned off. You may have via Control Panel options, set the PC to never sleep, never turn off the monitor, never [...]

How to Configure Windows 8 Power Plan Settings & Options

Windows describes ‘Power Plan’ as a collection of hardware and system settings that manage how your computer uses power. The plan, to a great extent, helps your system save energy, maximize its performance, or balance the two. Windows users know [...]

Fig 5 - Editing Power Plans in Windows 7 Using Set Power Free

Review of SetPower Free : Manage Multiple Power Portfolios in Windows

Though Windows has had power saving options since Windows XP, its efficiency increased only with Windows Vista. Its successor, Windows 7 and Windows 8 have many improvements and offer even better power saving options that let you fully customize how your computer [...]

Fix: Laptop Battery indicator icon showing battery as empty in spite of being full

I was rather surprised when, in spite of being plugged in and my Battery showing as being fully charged – 100%, the battery indicator icon showed the battery as being fully empty! There are times we are confused about the [...]

Manage Processor Usage for Optimum Power Management in Windows 7

Many of you may have noticed that your Windows laptop becomes hot when you use it extensively to perform resource-intensive tasks. Gamers too may have noticed this. This is because, in such cases, your processor in most cases runs at [...]

Turn off Hard Disk after a particular period of idle time to save power

We have seen how we can use PowerCFG tool to find out the health and status of a laptop’s battery. In its Error Report, you may see many causes of errors, some of which can be easily rectified by you, [...]

Automatically adjust your PC Power Plans with Boray POWer

Many a times, situation arise where you have to work on multiple applications at the same time and therefore they demand maximum performance from your system. Most users under such situations would switch to power plans manually from the system tray. [...]

Tips to Conserve Battery Power and Extend or Prolong Battery Life in Windows 7 | 8

The world is getting more mobile day by day and to keep the pace you need power in your batteries. But it has a limitation, you need to charge it again and again to keep them running. Although Windows has [...]

How to enable or turn on and use Adaptive Brightness in Windows 7

If you are a bit concerned about safety of your eyes than this article is for you. Windows 7 cares a lot about the health of its user, and Adaptive brightness is among one of many features it got. If [...]

Extend laptop battery life; fix power consumption problems with Microsoft ATS

Ever since the Automated Troubleshooting Solutions were launched by Microsoft Fix It team, they have become very popular over a period of time. These Automated Troubleshooting Solutions help resolve Windows issues in a click.

Internet Explorer 9 emerges the winner in the Browser Power Consumption Test

Microsoft, along with the platform engineering teams at Intel Corporation, have conducted a study on the power consumptions of each Browser and has posted its finding on its blog. Internet Explorer 9 emerges a clear winner!

How accurate is the Windows 7 laptop battery meter indicator really!?

Many of us while using our laptops are actually confused about the remaining charge shows by our laptop battery meter, which is available in the notification area of taskbar. It shows battery power for 3 hrs remaining, but drains within [...]

Power consumption and usage pattern in a Windows 7 computer

There is an interesting article at Microsoft Help which talks about Power options and then goes on to tell you where all the power goes in a Windows 7 computer. So if you are curious to know how Windows 7 [...]

Answers to 7 common Windows 7 Power issues – FAQ

If you have some questions pertaining to some Windows 7 power issues or problems then this FAQ will definitely be able to help you. Microsoft has compiled an excellent resource of answers to the common questions which a Windows 7 [...]

How to troubleshoot Power Plans in Windows 7

If you need to troubleshoot or know more about the Power Plans in Windows 7 then you may need to use the PowerCFG powerful command-line tool. This tool helps you in diagnosing power-management issues.

Pro’s and con’s of the different Power Plans available in Windows 7

Windows 7 has 3 main power plans. They are: High performance, Balanced and Power saver. Each power plan has different settings and are meant for varying situations and target different uses. Switching between the plans offers trade-offs between Performance and [...]

What is Windows Kernel Mode Power Manager?

Windows uses power management technology to reduce power consumption for PCs in general and for battery-powered laptops in particular. For example, a Windows computer can be put in a sleep or hibernation state. Windows Kernel Mode Power Manager A complex [...]

Green Computing: Energy Savings with Windows 7

Implementing a centralized power management policy can help organizations save significantly on energy costs. Windows 7 has augmented standard power management components with a wide range of advanced features.

Microsoft releases Joulemeter, a power consumption measurement tool

Joulemeter from Microsoft Research is a software based mechanism to measure the energy usage of virtual machines (VM), servers, desktops, laptops, and even individual software running on a Windows computer.

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