First post for 2012 – Updated Setting the Machine Powerplan using PowerShell

Happy 2012 everyone!

Here is an updated Powershell script for setting the powerplan on a server in a much more efficient manner.

A big shout out to Amir Rothschild - PFE Extraordinaire & Shay Levy - PowerShell MVP – Thanks guys!

Here is the updated PowerShell script:

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  2: #

  3: #    Title: Set-Power.ps1

  4: #

  5: #    By: Aaron Saikovski (asaikov)

  6: #

  7: #   Purpose: Sets the powerplan of the current machine to one of three plan settings:

  8: #         High Performance

  9: #          Balanced

 10: #          Power Saver

 11: #

 12: # Usage: ./Set-Power.ps1 <Plan Option>

 13: #

 14: #  Version: 2.0

 15: #

 16: #    Activation code courtesy to Amir Rothschild (amrotchi) - PFE Extraordinaire & Shay Levy - PowerShell MVP

 17: #

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 20: ##############################################################################################################

 21: #

 22: #   Variables used in this script 

 23: #

 24: #  [string]$PreferredPlan  # Powerplan to set the machine to

 25: #

 26: ##############################################################################################################

 27: 

 28: PARAM

 29: (

 30:     [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][ValidateSet("High performance", "Balanced", "Power saver")]

 31:  [string]$PreferredPlan

 32: )

 33: 

 34: function SetPowerPlan([string]$PreferredPlan)

 35: {

 36:   Write-Host "Setting Powerplan to $PreferredPlan"

 37:  (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_PowerPlan -Namespace root\cimv2\power -Filter "ElementName='$PreferredPlan'").Activate()

 38: }

 39: 

 40: #set Preferred powerplan

 41: SetPowerPlan $PreferredPlan