power saving

Windows 11 users have long appreciated the Energy Saver mode, a feature designed to extend battery life by minimizing background activity and scaling back system performance when the battery reaches a certain threshold. Yet as laptops, tablets, and compact PCs become more streamlined—and as...

When it comes to everyday convenience, one of the most overlooked yet impactful features of Windows 11 is its screen timeout setting. Few things are more frustrating than coming back to your computer minutes after stepping out, only to find the screen already turned off, or on the other end...

Here’s a summary of what Microsoft shared about how the new Xbox Ally handhelds run a lightweight, bloat-free version of Windows 11, based on the Neowin article: Key Points: Specially Optimized Windows 11 Home The version of Windows 11 running on the new Xbox Ally handhelds is significantly...

Microsoft's upcoming Windows 11 25H2 update introduces a feature called User Interaction-Aware CPU Power Management, designed to reduce power consumption by lowering CPU performance during periods of inactivity. This enhancement aims to extend battery life for laptop users and decrease energy...

As Microsoft’s development cycle for Windows 11 pivots toward the upcoming 25H2 update, a host of new features are poised to redefine the personal computing experience—most notably, a system-level expansion focused on maximizing laptop battery life. This new feature, internally dubbed “User...

Windows 11 continues its evolution as Microsoft’s flagship desktop operating system, steadily adopting smarter tools and efficiency-focused features in a bid to meet the demands of users on desktops, laptops, and tablets alike. The latest innovation attracting the attention of Windows...

With little fanfare but a clear strategic intent, Microsoft has initiated a fresh wave of experimental features in Windows 11, targeting power management efficiency and deeper artificial intelligence (AI) integration into everyday workflows. As tested in the latest Windows Insider Preview...

Windows 11, the latest flagship OS from Microsoft, is sleek, pretty, highly configurable—and, like just about everything in modern computing, just a tad too curious about where you are. The operating system’s interest in your whereabouts isn’t unique (hello, iPhones and Androids!), but maybe you...

As we move closer to the release of the Windows 11 24H2 update, new information has emerged about a significant enhancement in the operating system's power-saving capabilities. This update introduces the Energy Saver mode, which is designed to outperform the previously existing Battery Saver...

In recent years, Windows operating systems have shifted their approach to screen savers, transitioning their function towards more efficient power-saving features such as sleep mode. Despite this evolution, many users still appreciate the decorative and nostalgic aspects that screen savers bring...

I have a Samsung Book 2 Pro with Windows 11. Automatic brightness is on but it doesn't change unless the light difference is extreme. So if I point a strong flashlight on the camera, the screen does get bright and when I turn it off, it goes back to normal. But if I turn off my room lights, the...

Hello Windows Insiders, Today we are shipping an update for Windows Subsystem for Android™ on Windows 11 to all Windows Insider channels (U.S. only). This update (version 2205.40000.14.0) includes several new updates as well as routine improvements to the platform and reliability. What’s New...

So basically the numpties running the O2 network in my town sent out a message about 3 years ago saying they were going to improve the signal and as a result of this work the signal might be affected. I went from 4 bars to 0 and it never went back up. I renewed my contract with them back in...

Is there any way to enable fluent design in power saving mode.The design looks cool I don't care it consumes battery battery is important so I don't want to disable power saving

update no F!"/ way I only maintained the power button pressed to force shutdown and that solved everything for ulterior shut downs... until now Hello, I was trying to solve my bluetooth mouse disconnecting issues but I got a "bigger" one. I went to device manager and under human interface...

I'm looking for a program to make speakers not consume power when no audio is playing. Is it possible?

A lot of people have had this problem and I've seen posts for this on other support forums, but when I unplug my computer and my FPS drops from 120-150 to 20-30, plugging it in doesn't fix the the problem. The fps drops just stays there unless I somehow update my Windows or Lenovo (which I...

This blog was written by Rinku Sreedhar, Senior Program Manager In Windows 10 we added a multiple new sensor features, innovations and changes. In my previous blog, I talked about the new contextual sensing features like activity sensors, pedometers, barometer and proximity sensors. In this...

I have a networking problem which has persisted for many weeks no matter what I try to fix it. The basic setup has been running for 7 years without this issue. The network is a Flight Simulator with a main Windows 7 PC driving the Flight Sim software and also acting as a server for another four...

When reading some config recommendations always two different hardware features are mentioned: AHCI and ACPI What is the difference? Both seem to be power-saving-related. Is one for hard disks and the other for CPU only? Is one in BIOS-only configurable the other from WinOS configurable? Peter