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Device idle policy

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Determines whether conservation idle timeouts or performance idle timeouts are used for devices that are integrated with Windows kernel power manager device idle detection.

Aliases and setting visibility

  • Windows provisioning: Common\Power\Policy\Settings\Misc\DeviceIdlePolicy

  • PowerCfg: N/A

  • GUID: 4faab71a-92e5-4726-b531-224559672d19

  • Hidden setting: Yes

Values

Index Name Description

0

Performance

Power idle timeouts are used.

1

Power Savings

Conservation idle timeouts are used.

Applies to

Available in Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows Server 2008 R2, and later versions of Windows.