New “Memory Power Management” Feature Found in Windows 8

Almost all of us are using and enjoying new “Windows 8” OS released by Microsoft. We have posted a big review which describes almost all interesting new features found in Windows 8. You can read the review at following link:

[Windows 8 Review] What’s New in Windows 8?

One AskVG reader “GUGUITO5” accidentally found a new interesting feature in Windows 8 which is related to Power management.

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To reveal this new feature just follow these simple steps:

1. Press “WIN+R” key combination to open RUN box. Now type following:

powercfg.cpl

It’ll open Power Options window. You can also open it using Control Panel, Desktop Personalization and many other ways.

2. Now click on “Change plan settings” link near your current power plan.

3. Again click on “Change advanced power settings” link in next page. It’ll open a new dialog box which allows you to change various advanced settings related to power management.

Here comes the new secret feature found in Windows 8.

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Scroll down to bottom and you’ll see “Memory power management” section as shown in following screenshot:

Memory_Power_Management_Windows_8.png

This new section introduced in Windows 8 allows you to change lots of advanced settings related to memory.

We are trying to find out what each option does. Please feel free to share your opinion about this new feature in Windows 8…

Published in: Windows 8

About the author: Vishal Gupta (also known as VG) has been awarded with Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award. He holds Masters degree in Computer Applications (MCA). He has written several tech articles for popular newspapers and magazines and has also appeared in tech shows on various TV channels.

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  1. I was about to type when I read HALF of this article

    (Before the “Here comes the new secret feature found in Windows 8.

    Scroll down to bottom and you’ll see “Memory power management” section as shown in following screenshot:” part)

    “So what, this power option setting box was in Windows Vista and Seven…”

    But I was surprised when I finished reading this article.

    Regards,
    Lester
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    Testing HTML tags… Sorry if it didn’t work (off topic)

    “I Love Windows 8!!”

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