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• Sets hard drive timeout and CPU power management.
• See the following POWER SCHEMES section for details on this scheme.
• Disables Screen Saver.
• Disables Windows Update.
• Disables Desktop Cleanup Wizard.
• Disables User Account Control (UAC).
• Disables Sidebar.
Level 2—Recommended
• Completes Level 1 steps.
• Disables Windows Security Center warning messages.
• Disables Windows Firewall.
• Disables incoming Remote Desktop connections.
• Disables Windows Error Reporting to Microsoft.
• Prevents the Welcome Center from running at startup.
Level 3—Best scores
• Completes Level 1 and Level 2.
• Disables Windows Defender.
Power schemes
The MobileMark Auto-configuration tool creates a MobileMark 2007 power scheme which makes the following
power option changes:
a . Additional settings:
• Require a password on wakeup: No
b. Hard disk:
• Turn off hard disk after: 3 minutes
c . Wireless Adapter Settings:
• Power Saving Mode: Maximum Power Saving
d . Sleep:
• Sleep after: Never
e . USB settings
• USB selective suspend setting: Enabled
f . Power buttons and lid:
• Lid close action: Do nothing
• Power button action: Shut down
• Sleep button action: Sleep
• Start menu power button: Shut down
g . PCI Express:
• Link State Power Management: Maximum power savings
h . Processor power management:
• Minimum processor state: 5%
• Maximum processor state: 100%
i . Search and Indexing:
• Power Savings Mode: Power Saver
j . Display:
• Turn off display after: Never
• Adaptive display: Off (Extends the time that Windows waits to turn off the display)
• Display brightness: 100% (We then adjust the brightness % to be no less than 60 nits)
k . Multimedia settings:
• When sharing media: Prevent idling to sleep
l . Battery:
• Critical battery action: Shut down (on battery), Do nothing (plugged in)
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