Power Options is a setting in the Windows Control Panel, under the Hardware and Sound category, that allows the user to adjust their power plan and power settings on their computer. In a nutshell, ...

Windows power plans are probably something you don't think about until you have to, especially on a desktop PC. These settings control a lot of your PC's behavior when it comes to gaming performance, ...

Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 already come equipped with tools for putting a machine in a low-power state (ranging from standby and sleep to complete shutdown) at a set period of time or a ...

Have you ever needed a power performance boost on your computer? Perhaps you are doing tasks like editing videos, designing graphics, or playing a PC game, and feel like your computer is running too ...

It's no secret that Windows runs a bunch of background services to power various features. However, one of these background services is killing your battery, without benefiting you nearly as much in ...

Windows is, by and large, pretty good. There’s a reason it’s remained the number one PC operating system for decades, and it isn’t because Microsoft beat the crap out of the industry with cutthroat ...

Other than malware and hacking, nothing has the potential to be more dangerous to your Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer’s health than electrical failure. Power outages resulting from weather or a ...

There have been reports from Windows users getting the error there are currently no power options available when clicking on the Power button located on the startup ...

You had to see this one coming. After all, I wrote a book about it. However, I’m still amazed at the number of people that don’t know what PowerShell is. So, here is my pitch, hopefully people take ...

One of the differences between desktop and mobile operating systems is how much work goes on in the background. Smartphone OSes are very aggressive about turning the processor off as quickly as ...