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and selecting the Configure Economy Mode entry under AVG PC TuneUp.
Now prepare your own Economy Mode by selecting which hardware components, services and features may
be temporarily turned off in order to save energy when Economy Mode is turned on. The more you authorize to
be turned off, the more apparent the energy saving will be.
General Settings
Here you can specify whether configuration functions should also be offered that reduce the performance of the
system and turn off visual effects. You can also decide whether Economy Mode should remain turned on when
the computer is restarted.
Screen
Your computer's screen may use more energy even than hardware components such as the hard disk or the
processor, for example. Reducing the screen brightness or turning off the screen after a short time if you are
not using the computer will reduce energy consumption considerably.
Screen brightness (only for laptops)
General: This setting determines how much the general screen brightness should be reduced when
Economy Mode is on.
When dimming: This setting determines how much the general screen brightness should be reduced
when the screen is dimmed when Economy Mode is on.
Screen behavior
Turn off: This setting determines the period of time until the screen should be switched off when
Economy Mode is on.
Dimming (only for laptops): This setting determines the period of time until the screen is dimmed when
Economy Mode is on.
Hardware
If you turn off hardware components temporarily, the energy consumption of your computer will be reduced.
What is more, every computer has many services running in the background that detect connected devices
and provide you with the necessary functions to use these devices. You can restrict the amount of this support
in order to reduce the energy consumption of your computer.
Hardware components
Hard disk standby: This setting determines the period of time until the hard disk should go into standby
mode when Economy Mode is on.
Processor energy-saving settings: This setting determines the extent of energy saving for the processor
when Economy Mode is on.
Wireless adapter energy-saving settings (only in Windows Vista and 7): This option determines the
extent of energy saving for the wireless adapter when the Economy Mode is on.