Power Schemes (User Management)

Power Schemes

The Power Schemes object is used to establish power settings in order to save energy and reduce costs and may possibly save some wear and tear on computer equipment by managing how certain devices use power settings.

Power Scheme settings can be configured to run on Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. Power Schemes cannot be configured to run on Terminal Servers, Member Servers or Domain Controllers and 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019 operating systems.

To configure Power settings on Windows 7 machines and above, select the Power Plan Settings tab.

Power Plan Settings

Power plan

Action

Select Create/Modify or Remove from the Action list. The Create/Modify action will create a new Power plan if one does not already exist with the specified Power plan name or modify the existing Power plan if one already exists with the specified name. Remove will delete an existing Power plan if one exists with the specified Power plan name.

Power plan name

Select from existing Power plans Desktop Authority Power Plan, Balanced, Power Saver, and High performance pre-defined power plans.  Enter a new Power plan name to define new configurations. Enter an existing power plan name to update an existing scheme.

Power plan based on

Select one of the existing power plans as the base of your new custom power plan.

Sleep and display settings

Turn off the display

Enter the amount of idle time that must elapse before Windows turns off the display. This time can be set independently for a computer running on battery and when it is plugged in.

Put the computer to sleep

Enter the amount of idle time that must elapse before Windows puts the computer into sleep mode. This time can be set independently for a computer running on battery and when it is plugged in.

Validation Logic

Select the Validation Logic tab to set the validation rules for this element.

Notes

Select the Notes tab to create any additional notes needed to document the profile element.

Description

When adding or modifying a profile object element, the description appears above the settings tab. Enter a description to annotate the element. The default value for new profile elements can be changed by going to the system Preferences.