Today’s video will quickly show you how to set your power options of windows vista to high performance mode instead of energy saving mode. This is a great way to speed up your computer especially if it is a laptop. Typically laptops are configured for power saver mode and shut down or cap the processors capabilities in order to preserve energy levels. For those of you who are trying to run high processing tasks this can bring your computer to an unusable halt. We don’t want that, do we? I didn’t think so – this is a completely optional adjustment for performance increase.

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Craig received his degree in Informatics with a cognate in Business from Indiana University: South Bend in 2008. Craig lives with his wife and daughter in South Bend, Indiana near Notre Dame. Craig is currently employed by Precision Electric, Inc. and acts as the chief Information Technology Manager. With a passion for teaching and technology, he founded The PCMichiana Tech Help Show in Fall 2009. His focus is teaching users of all backgrounds how to learn technology while having fun.