hello,

I have to deploy windows 8.1 ent device with answer file related to power management  with customized  following settings:

• High performances
• sleep timeout settings
• standby or sleep and hibernate setting
• Enable critical battery task.
  
  But don't know
  1. how to manage power setting using answer file (WADK) for win8.1.
  2. which OS Windows image component and setting used for power management in WADK.

Thanks
Richa Km

Hi Richa,

The Microsoft-Windows-powercpl component specifies the preferred power plan of the computer.

You clould also use a group of command to change power option for deployment.

You can select the power scheme by adding the command to <FirstLogonCommands> in your xml, and changing to the GUID of the desired plan

To see the GUIDs run c:>powercfg -LIST
Existing Power Schemes (* Active)
                                     
Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (Balanced)
Power Scheme GUID: 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c (High performance)
Power Scheme GUID: a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a (Power saver)

More infoamation about Powercfg Command-Line Options and firstLogonCommands

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824902.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

https://technet.microsoft.com/zh-cn/library/cc722150%28v=ws.10%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

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