Welcome back, in today’s video I’ll be showing you how to change and customize
the power settings on a Windows 10 PC or laptop. We’ll be covering most of
the different settings to change to customize your power settings.
You might want to watch this video if you need to change the power settings to fix a problem or just
to have a look at the ways to customize some of the power options in Windows 10. This video
includes how to change screen on time, sleep mode settings, performance settings and more. Some of
the settings will be different depending on your device and remember if you are using a laptop,
your battery life might be affected but this could be a positive, depending on the exact settings you
change. Remember to leave a like and feel free to subscribe if the video helps, let’s get into it.
We’ll start by navigating to the power settings. To get there, first go to the main settings
page. You can get there by clicking on the cog icon within the start menu. In the settings,
click on system. In the system settings, click on power and sleep from the options on the left side.
You should now be in the power settings. There isn’t currently much to change in here, the first
option is where you can change when the screen or display will turn off after so much inactivity.
To save power, you can reduce this time. Below this, there is a similar option but for when
your device goes into sleep mode. I have this set on never as I’m not usually away for that
long and when I am, I would shut down my PC. There are more power settings to change.
If you click on the blue link on the right side called additional power settings, this should open
a new window. You can also get to this new page by going to the hardware and sound section within the
control panel if for some reason the link doesn’t display. The first thing to change on this page
is the power plan. The power plan is a pre-set of options that will change how much power your
device uses. There might be three pre-sets for you to choose although this might differ depending on
your device. To see all of the available pre-sets, you might need to click on show additional plans.
The power saving mode will use less power, balanced will be standard power usage and
high performance will use the most power but give the best performance. You can customize and have a
look at some of the individual settings each plan changes by clicking on change plan settings to the
right of the plan you want to change. In here, you can change a lot of advanced power settings.
Have a look and see if there is anything you want to change. If you are unsure about what a setting
does, then I would leave it as the default choice. You can create a completely custom power plan if
you feel confident in doing so by clicking on create a power plan from the list on the left.
Back into the control panel power settings, there are a few more options on the left side
of the window. We have already looked at some of them from the earlier power settings and so
the only other options to change can be accessed by clicking on choose what the power buttons do.
In here, you can choose what each of the power buttons do on your PC at the top and below this
there are the final few settings to customize. To be able to change these, you will likely need
to click on the blue link under the title called change settings that are currently unavailable.
You can now turn on or off a few more Windows features. Again, if you are unsure what they
do or if you don’t use them already, I wouldn’t change these, but you can turn on
the option to sleep for example or fast start up. And so that is how to change and customize the
power settings on a Windows 10 PC or laptop. Click the card on screen now to watch a video of mine
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