Windows 7 Power Settings Menu

One thing that is completely revamped from previous windows versions is Windows 7’s power consumption savings. The power settings will allow you tweak a laptops power profile to get more battery life.  In fact, one of my colleagues was able to increase his laptops power life by 30 minutes vs with a regular Vista installation.  You can access these new features from the control panel, power options, click “change plan settings”, and finally click “change advanced power settings.”  In the menu you will have the ability to tweak everything from your USB ports to the power on your PCI Express Video Adapter.  In the USB menu, you can easily tweak your USB ports to suspend when they are not in use. The next mode allows you to set the processor’s minimum/ maximum power state and a cooling policy.  What this menu essentially does is allow you to forcefully under clock your processor to save power. While Vista has some of these advanced power tweaks, Vista wasn’t able to achieve the kind of power improvements that Windows 7 is able to achieve. In addition, Windows 7 also has a lot of automatic power saving functions.  Windows 7 has the capability to instantly disable and re enable your wireless adapter while it is still turned or not in use.  Windows 7 also has the ability to momentarily disable processors cores if they are also not use.  I am sure more details will come about Windows 7’s advanced power management. Stay with WindowsEdition.com for more!