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All power plans in tray jumplist
So you see the screenshot, now you want to switch to Power Saver:
In Vista:
Click tray icon, click "Power Saver"
In Seven:
Click tray icon, click "More power options", (usually wait a little for big window to load), click the arrow (Show additional plans), choose "Power Saver", close the window (there is no "OK" button.
Offcourse same actions are needed when you want to switch back to High Performance ;)
Make it as it was before (back in Vista)
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BigKid wrote on January 11, 2010, 9:52am
This has been fixed actually. A free tool 'Power Plan Assistant for W7' (www.powerplan7.com) not only fixes this, but in general makes W7 power management even better that it was in Vista.
What Power Plan Assistant app is capable of (yeah, copypasted from readme file):
1. Switch between the Windows® built-in power plans (all power plans, including custom plans, not just 2 of them, as it is when operating via system Power icon);
2. Easily observe which power plan is currently active (dynamic application icon in a taskbar notification area changes in accordance with an active power plan, does not matter where it has been changed - in a Control Panel, system Power icon or in the Power Plan Assistant itself);
3. Instantly power off the display on user's demand (why wait at least one minute for it to be powered off, wasting the energy?). The display can be waked up then by pressing any key or moving the cursor;
4. Switch the power plans automatically:
- to 'Power Saver' (to preventively save the energy if the battery level goes low);
- to 'High Performance' (on plugging in);
- to 'Balanced' (on unplugging).