How to Configure, Rename, Backup, Restore Power Plans in Windows 7

A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how computers use and conserve power. You can create custom power plans to help users configure a power plan that is optimized for their computers. By default, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 include three power plans: Balanced, Power saver, and High Performance. You can customize these plans for your systems, or create new plans that are based on the existing plans.

To create a customized power plan:
Click Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options.
The Power Options control panel opens, and the power schemes appear. Click Create a power plan.

Follow the on-screen instructions to create and customize a power plan based on an existing plan.
To see the list of available power plans:

On your technician computer, at an elevated command prompt, type the following and hit Enter:
powercfg -LIST

To capture, export or backup power plans:
After you have created power plans that work for your system, capture the power plans from your technician computer, and deploy them to your destination computers. For example, to export a power plan from your technician computer called OutdoorScheme, type the following and hit Enter:

powercfg -EXPORT C:\OutdoorScheme.pow {guidScheme-New}

To deploy, import or restore power plans:
To import a power plan called OutdoorScheme, open an elevated command prompt, and type:

powercfg -IMPORT C:\OutdoorScheme.pow

To set a power scheme to be the active power plan:
Type the following and hit Enter. For example:

powercfg -SETACTIVE {guidScheme-New}

To rename a Power Option, use the following switch in an elevated command prompt:

Powercfg –Changename GUID name [scheme_description]

This will modify the name of a power scheme and, optionally, the scheme description.

Usage:

powercfg–changename GUID namescheme_description

GUID:

Specifies the GUID of the power scheme

Name:

Specifies the name of the power scheme.

scheme_description:

Describes the power scheme.

If the description is omitted, then only the name will be changed.
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[via TWC]

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