Windows 10: Enable or Disable Power Throttling in Windows 10

How to: Enable or Disable Power Throttling in Windows 10


Information Most people running Windows like having multiple apps running at the same time – and often, what’s running in the background can drain your battery.

You may remember some of the power experiments Microsoft did back in January 2017 with Windows 10 build 15002. Power Throttling was one of those experiments, and showed to have up to 11% savings in CPU power consumption for some of the most strenuous use cases.

In Windows 10 build 16176, Microsoft leveraged modern silicon capabilities to run background work in a power-efficient manner, thereby enhancing battery life significantly while still giving users access to powerful multitasking capabilities of Windows. With Power Throttling, when background work is running, Windows places the CPU in its most energy efficient operating modes – work gets done, but the minimal possible battery is spent on that work.

How does it work? To give great performance to the apps you’re using, while at the same time power throttling background work, Microsoft built a sophisticated detection system into Windows. The OS identifies work that is important to you (apps in the foreground, apps playing music, as well as other categories of important work we infer from the demands of running apps and the apps the user interacts with). While this detection works well for most apps, if you happen to notice an app that is negatively impacted by Power Throttling, Microsoft really wants to know!! You can do 3 things:
1. Provide feedback. Run the Feedback Hub and file feedback under the Power and Battery > Throttled Applications category.

2. Control Power Throttling system-wide, using the Power Slider. Windows works hardest to keep the processor in its efficient ranges when you’ve selected Battery saver, Better battery or Better Performance, and turns off completely when you’ve selected Best Performance.

3. Opt individual apps out from Power Throttling by unchecking Let Windows decide when this app can run in the background in Battery usage by app, and unchecking Reduce work app does when in background.
Starting with Windows 10 version 1709, you can enable or disable Power Throttling. If you enable Power Throttling, users will be able to apply their own Power Throttling settings as noted above.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Power Throttling for all users in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable Power Throttling.


Note Power Throttling is currently available only for processors with Intel’s Speed Shift technology, available in Intel’s 6th-gen (and beyond) Core processors – Microsoft is working on expanding support to other processors as well over the next few months.

CONTENTS:

• Option One: Enable or Disable Power Throttling using Local Group Policy Editor
• Option Two: Enable or Disable Power Throttling using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Power Throttling in Task Manager








OPTION ONE [/i] Enable or Disable Power Throttling using Local Group Policy Editor


Note Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option TWO below.

1. Open the Local Group Policy Editor.

2. In the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Power Management\Power Throttling Settings




3. In the right pane of Power Throttling Settings in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Turn off Power Throttling policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)

4. Do step 5 (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


5. To Enable Power Throttling
A) Select (dot) Not Configured or Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)

NOTE: Not Configured is the default setting.

6. To Disable Power Throttling
A) Select (dot) Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)




7. Close the Local Group Policy Editor.

8. Restart the computer to apply.





OPTION TWO [/i] Enable or Disable Power Throttling using a 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\PowerThrottling

PowerThrottlingOff DWORD

0 = Enable
1 = Disable

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


2. To Enable Power Throttling
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.

Enable_Power_Throttling.reg

Download

3. To Disable Power Throttling
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_Power_Throttling.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. Restart the computer to apply.

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

That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Change Power Mode Level in Windows 10
• How to See if Apps are Power Throttling in Windows 10
• How to Manage Battery Usage by App in Windows 10

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Power Throttling in Windows 10


In addition: *Wink

Enable or Disable Power Throttling in Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials

See if Apps are Power Throttling in Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials

Manage Battery Usage by App in Windows 10 Apps Features Tutorials

Change Power Mode Level in Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials

 

Power Throttling in Windows 10


Hi, what is your Windows build? If you have not upgraded to the "Fall creator update" build 1709, you won't see it.
How To Enable Power Throttling In Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
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Introducing Power Throttling in Windows 10

Source: Introducing Power Throttling - Windows Experience Blog


See also:

• Change Power Mode Level in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials
• Manage Battery Usage by App in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Apps Features Tutorials

 

Power Throttling in Windows 10


So I came across this page:

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/power-...ing-windows-10

that talks about which processes use power throttling and when I follow the directions and click select columns I do not see an option to tick Power Throttling. Win 10 Pro. Anyone else who does not see the Power Throttling option? TIA.

 

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.