Windows 10: Change System Cooling Policy for Processor in Windows 10

How to: Change System Cooling Policy for Processor in Windows 10

How to Change System Cooling Policy for Processor Power Management in Windows 10


The System cooling policy setting under Processor power management in Power Options allows you to specify an active or passive cooling mode for your system.

[table][tr][td]System Cooling Policy[/td] [td]Description[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Active[/td] [td]Increase fan speed before slowing the processor.[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Passive[/td] [td]Slow the processor before increasing fan speed.[/td] [/tr] [/table]

This tutorial will show you how to change the system cooling policy for processor power management in your active power plan in Windows 10.

*note This setting will affect all users that use the same active power plan scheme.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Change System Cooling Policy for Processor Power Management in Power Options
• Option Two: To Change System Cooling Policy for Processor Power Management in Command Prompt

OPTION ONE [/i] To Change System Cooling Policy for Processor Power Management in Power Options
1. Open your advanced power plan settings.

2. Expand open Processor power management and System cooling policy, select Active or Passive for what you want in the drop down(s), and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)








OPTION TWO [/i] To Change System Cooling Policy for Processor Power Management in Command Prompt
1. Open a command prompt.

2. Enter the command(s) below you want to use into the command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshots below)

(On battery: Passive)
*Arrow powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 54533251-82be-4824-96c1-47b60b740d00 94d3a615-a899-4ac5-ae2b-e4d8f634367f 0

OR

(On battery: Active)
*Arrow powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 54533251-82be-4824-96c1-47b60b740d00 94d3a615-a899-4ac5-ae2b-e4d8f634367f 1

AND/OR

(Plugged in: Passive)
*Arrow powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 54533251-82be-4824-96c1-47b60b740d00 94d3a615-a899-4ac5-ae2b-e4d8f634367f 0

OR

(Plugged in: Active)
*Arrow powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 54533251-82be-4824-96c1-47b60b740d00 94d3a615-a899-4ac5-ae2b-e4d8f634367f 1









That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Change Power Plan Settings in Windows 10
• How to Add or Remove 'System cooling policy' from Power Options in Windows

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After the last two updates, cooling fan runs non-stop!

Hi Spruce,

To resolve the issue, we suggest you follow the steps below:

1. Go to Control Panel ► All Control Panel Items ► Power Options.

2. Click change plan settings.

3. Click change advanced power settings.

4. Scroll down, expand processor power management.

5. Then, expand system cooling policy and change both to passive.

6. Then, reboot.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Windows 10 error: "Windows couldn't connect to the Group Policy Client service. Please consult your system administrator"

Hi Rico,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

I understand the inconvenience you are facing with accessing the operating system.

Do let us know the following to assist you better:

• Which edition of Windows Operating System are you using?
• What all the troubleshooting steps have you performed?
• Have you installed all the pending updates on your Operating System?
• Have you installed any third-party anti-virus software on your system?

I suggest you to try few of the below troubleshooting steps and check if it helps.

I suggest you to Stop the Group Policy service, restart and set it to Automatic.

Group Policy Client service, this service is responsible for applying settings configured by administrators for the computers and users through the Group Policy component. If the service
is disabled the settings will be applied and applications and components will not be manageable through Group Policy.

Step 1: Stop the Group Policy Client service.

• Press Windows Key + R on the keyboard and type
  services.msc, Services window gets opened.
• Search for Group Policy Client service, right click on it and click on
  Stop.
• Restart the computer.

Step 2: Start the service and set it to automatic:

• Press Windows Key + R on the keyboard and type
  services.msc, Services window gets opened.
• Search for Group Policy Client service, right click on it and click on
  Properties.
• Start the service, set
  Startup type to Automatic.

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.

 

Could not able to change Maximum processor state

The options like Minimum Processor State and
Maximum Processor State are not displayed under Processor Mangement in Advanced Power option. It displays only System cooling policy. I want to know the reason behind this and want to know
How can I change my Maximum Processor State. Kindly help me please

 

Creative X-Fi Soundcards and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update 1709 = Complete Disaster / Not Working

Thank you for trying to help , i did tried your suggestion but it did not work :/ , nothing seems to make it work on Windows 10 Fall Creators Update 1709. In the meantime i have bought a new SoundBlasterX AE-5 and it did installed flawlessly , no problems whatsoever. it is up to Creative ( drivers ) and Microsoft ( bug fix ) to fix this huge bugs with Audio.

Kind Regards: Chispy