| 1 | Power |
Sound |
| 2 | Find and fix problems with your computer's power settings to conserve power and extend battery life. |
Troubleshoot problems that prevent your computer from playing or recording sound. |
| 3 | Time before display goes to sleep is too long |
Which of these devices do you want to troubleshoot? |
| 4 | The period of time before a display turns off is longer than the default setting, and might affect power usage. |
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| 5 | Restore the default sleep setting for the display |
Speakers, headphones, headset earphone, handset, speakerphone |
| 6 | Restoring the timeout setting to the recommended value will help reduce power used by the display. |
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| 7 | Time before computer goes to sleep is too long |
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| 8 | Power plan set to High Performance |
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| 9 | The period of time before your computer enters sleep mode is longer than the default setting, and might affect power usage. |
Microphone or headset microphone |
| 10 | Restore the default sleep setting for the computer |
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| 11 | Restoring the timeout setting to the recommended value will help reduce power used by the computer. |
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| 12 | Time before hard disk goes to sleep is too long |
Sound |
| 13 | The period of time before a hard disk enters sleep mode is longer than the default setting, and might affect power usage. |
Audio |
| 14 | Restore the default setting for turning off hard disk(s) |
Mute |
| 15 | Restoring the timeout setting to the recommended value will help reduce power used by the hard disk. |
Volume |
| 16 | Screen saver is enabled |
speaker |
| 17 | Using a screen saver instead of having the display go to sleep uses more power. |
headphone |
| 18 | Disable screensaver |
playing |
| 19 | Turning the screen saver off will help reduce power usage. |
playback |
| 20 | USB Selective Suspend is disabled |
microphone |
| 21 | USB Selective Suspend allows the hub driver to suspend an individual port without affecting the operation of the other ports on the hub. This feature is useful for reducing power usage. |
record |
| 22 | Enable USB Selective suspend |
recording |
| 23 | Turning on USB Selective suspend will help reduce power used by the computer. |
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| 24 | High Performance uses additional power and might prevent the computer from entering sleep mode. |
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| 25 | Set power plan to a more efficient power plan |
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| 26 | Changing the power plan to a more efficient setting might allow your computer to enter sleep mode after a period of inactivity and can help reduce power usage and prolong battery life. |
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| 27 | Display brightness setting is too high |
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| 28 | The brightness setting for the display is higher than the default setting. |
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| 29 | Decrease the display brightness |
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| 30 | Reducing the display brightness will help reduce power usage. |
Find and fix problems with playing sound. |
| 43 | Wireless adapter is not optimized for power saving |
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| 44 | Wireless adapter setting uses additional battery power. |
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| 45 | Set wireless adapter to Medium Power Saving |
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| 46 | Switching to Medium Power Saving might reduce power usage and prolong battery life. |
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| 100 | Battery |
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| 103 | running |
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| 105 | idle |
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| 106 | sleep |
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| 107 | hibernate |
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| 110 | Performance |
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| 112 | standby |
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| 113 | Time before display dims is too long |
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| 114 | The period of time before a display dims is longer than the default setting, and might affect power usage. |
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| 115 | Restore the default dim setting for the display |
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| 220 | Restore default value for minimum processor state |
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| 221 | Restoring this setting to the recommended value will help reduce power usage. |
One or more audio service isn't running |
| 227 | Minimum processor state is set too high |
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| 229 | When this value is set higher than the default setting, the processor uses additional power. |
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