Windows 10: Add or Remove Wireless Adapter Settings in Power Options in Windows 10

How to: Add or Remove Wireless Adapter Settings in Power Options in Windows 10

How to Add or Remove "Wireless Adapter Settings" in Power Options in Windows 10


The Power Saving Mode setting under Wireless Adapter Settings in Power Options allows you to control the power saving mode of wireless adapters.

The strength and performance of your wireless network will decrease as you increase power savings, but your battery life will increase.

There are four power saving modes available to select from:

[table][tr][td]Power Saving Mode[/td] [td]Description[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Maximum Performance[/td] [td]Achieve maximum wireless performance and no power savings.[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Low Power Saving[/td] [td]Achieve minimum power savings.[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Medium Power Saving[/td] [td]Balance between performance and power savings based on network traffic.[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Maximum Power Saving[/td] [td]Achieve maximum power savings.[/td] [/tr] [/table]

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Power Saving Mode under Wireless Adapter Settings in Power Options for all users in Windows 10.

*Warning You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to add or remove this setting in Power Options.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Add or Remove "Power Saving Mode" under "Wireless Adapter Settings" in Power Options using Command Prompt
• Option Two: Add or Remove "Power Saving Mode" under "Wireless Adapter Settings" in Power Options using REG file

EXAMPLE: "Power Saving Mode" under "Wireless Adapter Settings" in Power Options









OPTION ONE [/i] Add or Remove "Power Saving Mode" under "Wireless Adapter Settings" in Power Options using Command Prompt
1. Open an elevated command prompt.

2. Type the command below you want to use into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter.
(Add)
powercfg -attributes 19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1 12bbebe6-58d6-4636-95bb-3217ef867c1a -ATTRIB_HIDE

OR

(Remove - default)
powercfg -attributes 19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1 12bbebe6-58d6-4636-95bb-3217ef867c1a +ATTRIB_HIDE
3. You can now close the elevated command prompt if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] Add or Remove "Power Saving Mode" under "Wireless Adapter Settings" in Power Options using REG file

*note The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\19cbb8fa-5279-450e-9fac-8a3d5fedd0c1\12bbebe6-58d6-4636-95bb-3217ef867c1a

Attributes DWORD

1 = Remove "Power Saving Mode" under "Wireless Adapter Settings"
2 = Add "Power Saving Mode" under "Wireless Adapter Settings"


1. Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Add "Power Saving Mode" under "Wireless Adapter Settings" to Power Options
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Wireless_Adapter_Settings_Power_Saving_Mode_to_Power_Options.reg

Download

3. To Remove "Power Saving Mode" under "Wireless Adapter Settings" from Power Options
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Wireless_Adapter_Settings_Power_Saving_Mode_from_Power_Options.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Change Power Saving Mode of Wireless Adapters in Windows 10
• How to Add or Remove 'Networking connectivity in Standby' from Power Options in Windows 10

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Why is "Wireless Adapter Settings" missing from Windows 10 power options?

...and more importantly, how do I get it back?? I need to complete the steps described here:

Power Options - Add or Remove Wireless Adapter Settings

...in order to avoid constant wifi drops and timeouts. I'm using an MS Surface Pro 3, and was able to find and adjust these options when it was on Windows 8.1. But after upgrading to Windows 10, I can't find
Wireless Adapter Settings in the advanced power options. All I see is
Desktop background settings, Sleep, Power buttons and lid, Display, and
Battery. When I click Change settings that are currently unavailable, it has no effect - all I see is what was there before, no new options appear.

Is this some kind of bug? Or is there something else I have to do in order to adjust power use by the wireless adapter? I need to set it to always be on maximum performance.

 

Missing Advanced Power Options

I'm not sure what DP control is, but here are the others you mentioned. *Smile

Add or Remove Adaptive display from Power Options in Windows

Remove 'USB selective suspend setting' in Power Options in Windows

Remove 'Link State Power Management' in Power Options in Windows 10

Add or Remove Wireless Adapter Settings in Power Options in Windows 10

 

Wireless Adapter not working

Hi Nabil,

Thank you for keeping us updated on this query. We will assist you in resolving your issue.

Method 1:

Step 1: Update network adapter driver from the device manager by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• Press Windows key + X keys on the keyboard and click on
  Device Manager from the options.
• Expand the Network adapters from the options.
• Right click on the wireless network card and select Update option.
• Restart the computer and check if the changes are effective.

Step 2: If the issue persist, I suggest you to uninstall the network adapter driver from the device manager by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• Press Windows key + X keys on the keyboard and click on
  Device Manager from the options.
• Expand the Network adapters from the options.
• Right click on the wireless network card and select Uninstall.
• Restart the computer for automatic installation of network adapters and check if the changes are effective.

Hope this helps !



We are happy to assist you with any issues pertaining to Windows.



Thank you.

 

Windows 10 power options

Hi Robert,

About your concern with Windows 10 power options, applied settings may not be recognized due to several reasons. We suggest that you run the Windows 10 Power troubleshooter. Here are the steps to follow:

• Go to Search, type troubleshoot, and click Troubleshooting.
• Under System and Security, click Improve power usage.
• The troubleshooting wizard will automatically start. It will try to solve any detected issues.

Let us know if you need further assistance regarding your concern.

 

PSA Windows 10 + Adaptive Voltage/Offset voltage and you

I have speed step and all the other power saving option enabled.

So now after setting the system power profile, disable fast boot in uefi, disable hybrid sleep in windows 10 my system has been BSOD free.