How to set up Win10 notebook to maximize power saving and extend battery life?

Sometimes, Win10 notebooks can seriously affect battery life because of system-enforced security upgrades (or patch upgrades, or system upgrades). We envision a work scenario that requires a laptop to work outside for a whole day and is inconvenient to charge. During this process, if a system update occurs in Win 10, the updated download and installation will consume 硽 battery power. Here's a summary of how Win10 notebooks balance battery security, system performance, and battery life when using batteries.

1. If you need to bring your notebook out for a whole day and it is not convenient to connect to the power supply, the best way is to turn off all data connections and not plug in the Ethernet cable — — the premise is that you don't need to connect to the network at work, for example, you have to do a demo, and all the materials of the demo have been copied to the computer.

As shown in the figure, click the “Operation Center” icon in the lower right corner of the desktop (press Win + a key combination to open), then <; extinguish & rdquo; WLAN icon.

2, if you need to use a wireless network, in order to prevent system updates when connecting to the wireless network, and consume a lot of battery power, you can go to the system's WLAN settings, enable “ The connection of the fee & rdquo;, such a less urgent update, Windows 10 will not download.

Setting the path: "Start”-->“Settings>;>“Network and Internet>-->“WLAN”-->“Advanced Options ”, open “ connection by flow metering & rdquo;.

3, if you must use the wired Ethernet connection to the Internet, then download wushowhide this Microsoft official "difficulty solution package", in the morning before going out to give an unimportant update to &ldquo ;Hide & rdquo;, go home at night and then “restore the display” to avoid an update download when working outside, which consumes battery power.

4, Other settings related to battery life

Power on the "Power Save Mode" ”—— can let the system push through delayed updates and message notifications To save battery power.

Method: Left click on the power icon in the system tray in the lower right corner of the desktop, and activate “Power Save Mode in the pop-up window.

5, open the computer "traditional power-saving mode"

is different from the settings in step 4, Windows 10 still retains the previous version of the power-saving settings That is, the "energy-saving" mode corresponding to "high performance" and "balance", this mode is to limit the performance of the CPU, discrete graphics, etc., to achieve the purpose of power saving.

Setting Path: "Start”-->“Settings>;>“System”-->“Power and Sleep>-->“Others Power settings & rdquo;, from the traditional "control analysis", "Open the power options", here we choose "Energy Savings".

6. Turn on the computer's "flight mode", you can disconnect all wireless communication at once.

Method: Open “Operation Center  (Refer to step 1) , & ldquo; light & rdquo; (activate) & ldquo; flight mode & rdquo; button.

7. Reduce screen brightness

The screen backlight module is always a big power consumer. By ensuring that you can see clearly, minimizing screen brightness can significantly save battery power.

Method: Same as step 4, you can also go to “Settings".

8. Close the notebook screen during the presentation

If the content of the presentation is fixed and you and the viewer are watching the big screen at the same time, you can save the battery by turning off the notebook screen. Electricity.

Method: Press Win + p to bring up the projection shortcut bar and select “Only the second screen”.