Policy

Disable power management in connected standby mode

Microsoft Windows

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Disable power management in connected standby mode
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Network > Windows Connection Manager
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting specifies that power management is disabled when the machine enters connected standby mode. If this policy setting is enabled, Windows Connection Manager does not manage adapter radios to reduce power consumption when the machine enters connected standby mode. If this policy setting is not configured or is disabled, power management is enabled when the machine enters connected standby mode.

Internal name
WCM_DisablePowerManagement
Policy ID
568c83531fea
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WcmSvc\GroupPolicy
Value name
fDisablePowerManagement
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WcmSvc\GroupPolicy
Value name
fDisablePowerManagement
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.