A common recommendation for Windows users, especially on desktops, is to switch to the "High Performance" power plan the ...

Companies are anxious to reduce power usage these days, both to save cash on energy bills and to reduce their environmental impact. One area that’s ripe for power savings is the desktop. At companies ...

In this post, we will show you what to do if you cannot change Power Mode in Windows 11/10. Power Mode is a mix of hardware and system settings that determines how a device uses the power to get the ...

Ok my wife got a new laptop recently (specs below) and I am attempting to figure out how to let it go to a low power state overnight, and still have it run the AV update and scan during the night (I ...

One of the differences between desktop and mobile operating systems is how much work goes on in the background. Smartphone OSes are very aggressive about turning the processor off as quickly as ...

As Linux (and SteamOS) makes inroads among gamers, Microsoft tips updates to power management and system scheduling in ...

Windows Explorer is a file management utility in Windows operating systems. It keeps running in the background as a part of Windows Process. You can see it in the Task Manager. Usually, it takes up a ...

Microsoft devotes most of its time and energy these days to promoting new AI- and Copilot-related features for Windows 11, but the company’s Windows Insider builds are still full of small tweaks and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Updated March 19, 2025: Microsoft has now put the Task Manager update information back into its ...