powermanagement

Hey guys, So I've been messing around with turning my old desktop into a smart home controller and honestly it's been a bit of a nightmare. Been lurking here for ages but finally decided to post because I'm pulling my hair out. What I'm dealing with: Got an older Dell Optiplex running Windows...

Most laptop owners feel some initial disappointment when their device, once boasting eight or more hours of battery life on the spec sheet, manages only a fraction of that in real-world use. The truth is that advertised battery endurance is often measured under ideal conditions—low screen...

In the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings", the "Attributes" has values "0","1","2". I know the "1" means hide the item in Advance power settings, "0" means that show the item, what means the value "2"? does it mean use on laptop? for some keys, the...

Does Balanced in the power settings mean that the system automatically uses power saving when operating on battery and maximum performance on external power? Or does Balanced mean moderate power consumption, no matter whether plugged or not?

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My computer will go blue screen every time it is restored from sleep/hibernate from a different dock other than the one i put it on sleep/hibernate. I went to the minidump and found the below. I have updated BIOS, power management, chipset, graphics driver still no use. Appreciate any advice...

Hi all, Having an odd problem which has only started happening with the RTM build. Let me describe the symptoms. Every 5-15 minutes i seem to loose internet access. However, if i have an open connection, in this case a remote desktop connection, it remains working just fine. But if i try...