Customized Power Options keeps changing back to default

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You can follow these steps to Customize your Power Options.

How to create a power plan

To create a power plan, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, type Power Options in the Start Search box, and then click Power Options in the Programs list.
2. On the Select a power plan page, click Create a power plan in the task pane. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.
3. On the Create a power plan page, select the plan that is closest to the type of plan that you want to create. For example, if you want the plan to conserve energy, select the Power saver plan.
4. In the Plan name box, type a name for the plan, and then click Next.
5. In Change settings, select the display settings and the sleep settings that you want the computer to use when it is running on battery power and when it is plugged in, and then click Create.

If you are using a mobile PC, your plan appears under Plans on the battery meter. If you are using a desktop computer, your plan appears under Preferred plans.

Note The plan that you created automatically becomes the active plan. To put a different plan into effect, select that plan on the Power Options page.

How to customize a power plan

To customize a power plan, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, type Power Options in the Start Search box, and then click Power Options in the Programs list.
2. Click Change plan settings under the plan.
3. On the Change settings for the plan page, select the display settings and the sleep settings that you want your computer to use, or click Change advanced power settings to change additional settings.
4. Click OK, or click Save changes to save the changes.

Make sure that the power plan that you want the computer to use is selected on the Power Options page.

How to use the Powercfg.exe tool to set the active power plan

You can use the Powercfg.exe tool to control power settings and to configure computers to use the hibernate feature or the sleep feature. The Powercfg.exe tool is installed with Windows Vista and with Windows 7.

To set the active power plan by using the Powercfg.exe tool, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click All Programs, and then click Accessories.
2. Right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.
3. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:

Powercfg -setactiveScheme_GUID

NoteScheme_GUID represents the scheme GUID. To determine the GUID for all existing power schemes, type Powercfg /List at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.

How to use the registry to set the preferred power plan

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ ) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

To change the preferred power plan, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then click regedit.exe in the Programs list. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.
2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}

1. Right-click PreferredPlan, and then click Modify.
2. In the Value data box, enter one of the following:
   • Type 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e to use the Balanced plan.
   • Type a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a to use the Power saver plan.
   • Type 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c to use the High performance plan.

You can also type the power scheme GUID for a custom power plan that you have created. To determine the GUID for all existing power schemes, type Powercfg /List at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.

1. Click OK, and then exit Registry Editor.

You can refer to this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935799

Hope this information was helpful.

Let me know if this worked.

All the best!

Thanks and Regards,

Uma R   

• Microsoft Support.

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