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Friday, June 22, 2018 12:45 PM
Hello,
I want to uncheck the option of "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" for the network adapters settings, on the network adapters>>Power Management tabs, uncheck the first option for the WI-FI settings and SIM adapter.
I trying to find out the solution to update the option with registry or GPO, the answers of modify the registry key isn't working on Win 10, like below, but works only for Win7:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\Driver Key, modify the registry key "PnPCapabilities" value to 24, isn't working.
I even found this pretty nice solution:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2740020/information-about-power-management-setting-on-a-network-adapter
but again, it is for win 7
Any ideas?
Thank you,
Best regards,
Jakub
All replies (8)
Monday, June 25, 2018 8:18 AM
Hi,
You can refer to the following thread and check the result.
Win 10 network adapter disable allow the computer to turn off this device to save power
Best Regards,
Tao
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Monday, June 25, 2018 11:25 AM
Hi,
The thread you suggest is not helpful. I see the Power Management tab. I need to uncheck Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power for hundreds devices. GPO? Reg key?
BR,
Jakub
Monday, June 25, 2018 12:22 PM
Hello,
Please check this link
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/allow-computer-turn-device-save-power
Regards, Regin Ravi
Monday, June 25, 2018 1:34 PM
Hi,
thank you for the link, but still doesnt work. I found that the, key for uncheck it is 118, but when I changed registry key using cmd, check box is still check...
Regards
Jakub
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 6:51 AM
I tried to changed it manually. I took the snapshot registry before and after. I then did compare registry. I've found that 2 registry keys are changed (from 272 to 280):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\0002\PnPCapabilities=280
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\0002\PnPCapabilities=280
But when I change it using cmd, key value is changed, but checkbox is still checked.
Any help, please?
BR
Jakub
Thursday, July 5, 2018 8:07 AM
Hi,
We haven’t heard from you for a couple of days, have you solved the problem?
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Monday, July 9, 2018 6:51 AM
Hi,
Unfortunately not. Any ideas?
Thank you
Jakub
Friday, May 3, 2019 7:32 PM
Hey Jakub, I was searching the same thing as you for an hour. I tried a lot of value for PnPCapabilities on different site, but that wasn't the problem. The problem is that when you switch the power settings directly on the wifi card, it switch the DWord instantly. But if you switch the DWord in the registry, you need to reboot the computer in order to see the effect in the power settings on the driver. Also, I'm on Windows 10, and I ended up using 118 (280) as a value to deactivate all 3 power saving options.
Hope that helps someone