This topic will cover windows 7 power plan settings that can be added to the installation routine or post setup/after 1st logon with a batch or cmd file.
Windowsafg has a great online power plan configurator which saves its output as a downloadable batch file or you can just copy the code it generates. Although the generator shows you the names of the settings, its output doesnt so you dont know which line does what.
You may want to create a full custom configuration or just change a few specific settings. Luckily enough, by using a few weird settings, i have found the configurator outputs in the same order as the items are displayed.
Some values are zero to 3, some are percentages and others are in seconds(even though you set the values by minutes). Ignore the setting values in bold red, they are what i used to identify the settings.
Go to the configurator web page. Generate a complete custom file or just change the settings you require. Download the file or copy the code to a new text, bat or cmd file. Saving the web page may help too(it did for me)
Each category has 2 settings, AC for mains power, DC for battery and they are in AC and DC order. Carefully compare the lists below to the downloaded/copied code and you should quickly be able to find the required values.
The list will contain settings for all 3 power plans, i will add Power Saver and High Performance plans one at a time.
Note - No1 - Minimum processor state: (%) and Maximum processor state:
These are the settings that Window uses to park cores(core parking). You can see parked cores using Task Manager - Resource Monitor - CPU.
Setting the Minimum state to 100(%) will stop Windows parking cores but it will not stop the processor from throttling itself, you will need AMD OverDrive(for Socket AM3+ and below and Socket FM2+ and below) and AMD Ryzen Master(for Socket AM4) to do that. Set the multiplier to the required number. I dont know what tool you would use with an Intel proceesor.
If anyone sees a setting that is availible within NTLite then please let me know, i can put that info into the list. I already got disable Hibernation.
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Windows 7 Balanced Power Plan
Set Balanced as the active power plan.
powercfg -setactive 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e This is the GUID for the Balanced Plan, Power Saver and High Performance have their own unique GUID.
Disable Hibernation
powercfg -h off - Option availible on NTLite Post Setup Page.
Require a password on wakeup:
powercfg -setacvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e fea3413e-7e05-4911-9a71-700331f1c294 0e796bdb-100d-47d6-a2d5-f7d2daa51f51 0
powercfg -setdcvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e fea3413e-7e05-4911-9a71-700331f1c294 0e796bdb-100d-47d6-a2d5-f7d2daa51f51 0
Turn off hard disk after:
powercfg -setacvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 6738e2c4-e8a5-4a42-b16a-e040e769756e 60
powercfg -setdcvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 6738e2c4-e8a5-4a42-b16a-e040e769756e 120
Desktop background settings; Slide show:
powercfg -setacvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 0d7dbae2-4294-402a-ba8e-26777e8488cd 309dce9b-bef4-4119-9921-a851fb12f0f4 1
powercfg -setdcvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 0d7dbae2-4294-402a-ba8e-26777e8488cd 309dce9b-bef4-4119-9921-a851fb12f0f4 0
Wireless Adapter Settings; Power Saving Mode:
powercfg -setacvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1 12bbebe6-58d6-4636-95bb-3217ef867c1a 0
powercfg -setdcvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1 12bbebe6-58d6-4636-95bb-3217ef867c1a 0
Windowsafg has a great online power plan configurator which saves its output as a downloadable batch file or you can just copy the code it generates. Although the generator shows you the names of the settings, its output doesnt so you dont know which line does what.
You may want to create a full custom configuration or just change a few specific settings. Luckily enough, by using a few weird settings, i have found the configurator outputs in the same order as the items are displayed.
Some values are zero to 3, some are percentages and others are in seconds(even though you set the values by minutes). Ignore the setting values in bold red, they are what i used to identify the settings.
Go to the configurator web page. Generate a complete custom file or just change the settings you require. Download the file or copy the code to a new text, bat or cmd file. Saving the web page may help too(it did for me)
Each category has 2 settings, AC for mains power, DC for battery and they are in AC and DC order. Carefully compare the lists below to the downloaded/copied code and you should quickly be able to find the required values.
The list will contain settings for all 3 power plans, i will add Power Saver and High Performance plans one at a time.
Note - No1 - Minimum processor state: (%) and Maximum processor state:
These are the settings that Window uses to park cores(core parking). You can see parked cores using Task Manager - Resource Monitor - CPU.
Setting the Minimum state to 100(%) will stop Windows parking cores but it will not stop the processor from throttling itself, you will need AMD OverDrive(for Socket AM3+ and below and Socket FM2+ and below) and AMD Ryzen Master(for Socket AM4) to do that. Set the multiplier to the required number. I dont know what tool you would use with an Intel proceesor.
If anyone sees a setting that is availible within NTLite then please let me know, i can put that info into the list. I already got disable Hibernation.
Preview
Windows 7 Balanced Power Plan
Set Balanced as the active power plan.
powercfg -setactive 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e This is the GUID for the Balanced Plan, Power Saver and High Performance have their own unique GUID.
Disable Hibernation
powercfg -h off - Option availible on NTLite Post Setup Page.
Require a password on wakeup:
powercfg -setacvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e fea3413e-7e05-4911-9a71-700331f1c294 0e796bdb-100d-47d6-a2d5-f7d2daa51f51 0
powercfg -setdcvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e fea3413e-7e05-4911-9a71-700331f1c294 0e796bdb-100d-47d6-a2d5-f7d2daa51f51 0
Turn off hard disk after:
powercfg -setacvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 6738e2c4-e8a5-4a42-b16a-e040e769756e 60
powercfg -setdcvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 6738e2c4-e8a5-4a42-b16a-e040e769756e 120
Desktop background settings; Slide show:
powercfg -setacvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 0d7dbae2-4294-402a-ba8e-26777e8488cd 309dce9b-bef4-4119-9921-a851fb12f0f4 1
powercfg -setdcvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 0d7dbae2-4294-402a-ba8e-26777e8488cd 309dce9b-bef4-4119-9921-a851fb12f0f4 0
Wireless Adapter Settings; Power Saving Mode:
powercfg -setacvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1 12bbebe6-58d6-4636-95bb-3217ef867c1a 0
powercfg -setdcvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1 12bbebe6-58d6-4636-95bb-3217ef867c1a 0
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