Enable or Disable Network Connections while in Modern Standby on Windows 10

With each new generation of computers, these devices become mobile and faster. Chips are getting smarter to enable faster waking from sleep, faster charging, increased energy efficiency and more. The latest generation of these chips supports S0 Feeding mode (zero) which is a newer iteration than the old one S3 food mode. the S0 the power mode supports all the modern capabilities we talked about above. This feature of Modern Standby was first released with Windows 8 and has also been extended to Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. When a computer switches to Modern watch mode, it maintains some of the services in the backend like network connections, disk services and other assets so that it can get them running faster when required by the user.

Enable or disable network connections in modern sleep mode

There are two modes for the modern standby network. They are:

1. Modern connected watch.
2. Standby mode disconnected.

1) Modern connected watch

In this mode, your computer will be able to stay connected to the network and receive e-mail, VoIP and other notifications. This could result in more excessive use of the battery.

2) Modern watch disconnected

In this mode, your computer will not be able to stay connected to the network and receive email, VoIP and other notifications. This could result in less use of the battery.

There are 5 ways to enable or disable network connections in modern sleep mode on Windows 10:

1. Using the Windows 10 Settings app.
2. Use the power options.
3. Using the Windows command prompt.
4. Using the Group Policy Editor.
5. Using the registry editor.

1) Using the Windows 10 Settings app

Open the Windows 10 Settings app.

To select System> Food and sleep.

Under the section of Network connection, select one of these options:

• Never – Never disconnect from network connections.
• Always – Always disconnect network connections.
• Managed by Windows – Windows 10 decides if the network connection is running in the background.

2) Use the power options

Search Power Options in the Windows search box and select the appropriate option.

For your active diet plan, under Network connectivity in standby, you can activate this function when your device is connected and on the battery with these three options:

• Never – Never disconnect from network connections.
• Always – Always disconnect network connections.
• Managed by Windows – Windows 10 decides if the network connection is running in the background.

3) Using the Windows command prompt

Open the Windows 10 command prompt with administrator rights.

If your computer is on battery, run the following commands in the following cases:

Activate:

powercfg /setdcvalueindex scheme_current sub_none F15576E8-98B7-4186-B944-EAFA664402D9 1

disable:

powercfg /setdcvalueindex scheme_current sub_none F15576E8-98B7-4186-B944-EAFA664402D9 0

Managed by Windows (default):

powercfg /setdcvalueindex scheme_current sub_none F15576E8-98B7-4186-B944-EAFA664402D9 2

If your computer is connected, run the following commands in the following cases:

Activate (default):

powercfg /setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_none F15576E8-98B7-4186-B944-EAFA664402D9 1

disable:

powercfg /setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_none F15576E8-98B7-4186-B944-EAFA664402D9 0

Managed by Windows:

powercfg /setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_none F15576E8-98B7-4186-B944-EAFA664402D9 2

Close the Windows command prompt to save the changes you have just made.

4) Using the Group Policy Editor

Open Windows 10 Group Policy Editor.

Go to the following location:

Computer Configuration> Administrative Templates> System> Power Management> Sleep Settings.

For the policy of Allow network connectivity during connected standby (plugged in) or Allow network connectivity during connected standby (on battery) according to your choice, to activate the Modern Standby function, select On.

To deactivate the Modern Standby function, select Off.

To select Apply then select D & #39; agreement for the changes to take effect.

5) Using the registry editor

Open Windows 10 Registry Editor.

For the connected mode:

Go to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftPowerPowerSettingsf15576e8-98b7-4186-b944-eafa664402d9

For the DWORD named as ACSettingIndex, select the following value according to your choice:

Activated: 1

Disabled: 0

Restart your computer to see the changes take effect.

For battery mode:

Go to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftPowerPowerSettingsf15576e8-98b7-4186-b944-eafa664402d9

For the DWORD named as DCSettingIndex, select the following value according to your choice:

Restart your computer to see the changes take effect.

I hope you found this guide useful.