Vista - Power Plans

Hey there... (i have a notebook) I have noticed that unless you have three
powerplans, the system tray icon doesn't really help.

I wish i could RENAME power plans at will

I wish that clicking on the system tray icon for power settings gives more
than three options. The alternative is that i open up the power settings and
UNHIDE the HIDDEN profiles... but why are they hidden?! they're pretty good!

Maybe a compromise would be to have a tick box by each one (in the settings)
so that those ticked will appear on the 'quicklist'.... this way, when you
click on the icon in the system tray, you get a choice of profiles as long as
you want!

I hope you like the idea.

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If you open up your powerplans. you can customize your three levels of power
plan the way you want them.
After you have set them up, you can switch between them at will. on my
notebook, I set up the power plan for "Performance (Modified)" when I am at
home, and "Portable (modified)" whem I take it out. All you have to do is go
into power options, and under each option, click, "Change Setting Plans," in
the blue text.

Hope this helps :-)

"Patrick" wrote:

> Hey there... (i have a notebook) I have noticed that unless you have three
> powerplans, the system tray icon doesn't really help.
>
> I wish i could RENAME power plans at will
>
> I wish that clicking on the system tray icon for power settings gives more
> than three options. The alternative is that i open up the power settings and
> UNHIDE the HIDDEN profiles... but why are they hidden?! they're pretty good!
>
> Maybe a compromise would be to have a tick box by each one (in the settings)
> so that those ticked will appear on the 'quicklist'.... this way, when you
> click on the icon in the system tray, you get a choice of profiles as long as
> you want!
>
> I hope you like the idea.
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...ce_maintenance

All I want is to be able to turn off hard drive power off in the power
plan.........
cannot be done.

"Patrick" <Patrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7A8FCE18-1D99-4B8A-A207-DE039E90E36E@microsoft.com...
> Hey there... (i have a notebook) I have noticed that unless you have three
> powerplans, the system tray icon doesn't really help.
>
> I wish i could RENAME power plans at will
>
> I wish that clicking on the system tray icon for power settings gives more
> than three options. The alternative is that i open up the power settings
> and
> UNHIDE the HIDDEN profiles... but why are they hidden?! they're pretty
> good!
>
> Maybe a compromise would be to have a tick box by each one (in the
> settings)
> so that those ticked will appear on the 'quicklist'.... this way, when you
> click on the icon in the system tray, you get a choice of profiles as long
> as
> you want!
>
> I hope you like the idea.
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> this
> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...ce_maintenance
>