Vista - Power Scheme Question

I have made a copy of the "Power saver" power scheme and called it "Mike's
Power Saver" so that I can make significant changes without messing up the
built-in scheme. When the "Mike Power Saver" scheme is on battery, my
windows and start menu are not transparent. What setting do I need to change
to make this not happen? I am pretty sure that I have to use the command
line utility powercfg.exe to change this. My video card is the built-in
Intel 945 shared memory video.

Also, is there a way for me to set the battery life and performance star
ratings that show up on the default plan settings?

One other thing, when I hold the mouse over the battery symbol in the
notification area it will give me a message "your current plan may reduce
system performance" when I am plugged in. Is there a way to disable this?

Thanks,

Mike

"Mike McCollister" <Mike_McCollister@msn.com> wrote in message
news:uKwHrpIrHHA.3380@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I have made a copy of the "Power saver" power scheme and called it "Mike's
>Power Saver" so that I can make significant changes without messing up the
>built-in scheme.

Each power scheme has an option to "Restore Default Settings" if you need
it.

> When the "Mike Power Saver" scheme is on battery, my windows and start
> menu are not transparent. What setting do I need to change to make this
> not happen? I am pretty sure that I have to use the command line utility
> powercfg.exe to change this. My video card is the built-in Intel 945
> shared memory video.

Some power settings might also be available in the BIOS, but Windows may
ignore them, and they won't influence Aero's functionality.

In the plan's Advanced Settings, compare each item click "Change settings
that are currently unavailable", and compare each setting for battery vs. AC
to find the differences.

> Also, is there a way for me to set the battery life and performance star
> ratings that show up on the default plan settings?

Those "star" ratings graphs are strictly cosmetic and displayed only for the
built-in plans. They never change.

> One other thing, when I hold the mouse over the battery symbol in the
> notification area it will give me a message "your current plan may reduce
> system performance" when I am plugged in. Is there a way to disable this?

It sounds like there are problems with your plan's configuration. You might
scrap it and start over by basing your custom plan on the built-in Balanced
plan.

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