Acer Aspire Timeline 4810TZ Test Report page 5

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Sets hard drive timeout and CPU power management.
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See the following POWER SCHEMES section for details on this scheme.
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Disables Screen Saver.
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Disables Windows Update.
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Disables Desktop Cleanup Wizard.
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Disables User Account Control (UAC).
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Disables Sidebar.
Level 2—Recommended
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Completes Level 1 steps.
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Disables Windows Security Center warning messages.
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Disables Windows Firewall.
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Disables incoming Remote Desktop connections.
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Disables Windows Error Reporting to Microsoft.
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Prevents the Welcome Center from running at startup.
Level 3—Best scores
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Completes Level 1 and Level 2.
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Disables Windows Defender.
Power schemes
The MobileMark Auto-configuration tool creates a MobileMark 2007 power scheme which makes the following
power option changes:
a . Additional settings:
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Require a password on wakeup: No
b . Hard disk:
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Turn off hard disk after: 3 minutes
c . Wireless Adapter Settings:
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Power Saving Mode: Maximum Power Saving
d . Sleep:
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Sleep after: Never
e . USB settings
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USB selective suspend setting: Enabled
f . Power buttons and lid:
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Lid close action: Do nothing
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Power button action: Shut down
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Sleep button action: Sleep
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Start menu power button: Shut down
g . PCI Express:
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Link State Power Management: Maximum power savings
h . Processor power management:
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Minimum processor state: 5%
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Maximum processor state: 100%
i . Search and Indexing:
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Power Savings Mode: Power Saver
j . Display:
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Turn off display after: Never
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Adaptive display: Off (Extends the time that Windows waits to turn off the display)
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Display brightness: 100% (We then adjust the brightness % to be no less than 60 nits)
k . Multimedia settings:
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When sharing media: Prevent idling to sleep
l . Battery:
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Critical battery action: Shut down (on battery), Do nothing (plugged in)
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