Battery charge thresholds

Specifies the battery charge thresholds.
This policy is applied to only normal battery.

Possible charge thresholds include:

-Always fully charge (Start when below 96%; stop at 100%)
-Optimize for battery lifespan (automatically change for me)
-Custom

The "Notify me when thresholds change" takes apply when the "Optimize for battery lifespan (automatically change for me)" is selected from the "Charge thresholds".

The "Start charging when below" and the "Stop charging at" takes apply when the "Custom" is selected from the "Charge thresholds".

If you selected the "Custom" from the "Charge thresholds", the "Stop charging at" must be at least 4% above the "Start charging when below". If you doesn't follow the rule, the client machine is set to the "Always fully charge (Start when below 96%; stop at 100%)".

Supported on:

Charge thresholds :


  1. Always fully charge (Start when below 96%; stop at 100%)
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Lenovo\PWRMGRV\Battery
    Value NameChargeThresholds
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value0
  2. Optimize for battery lifespan (automatically change for me)
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Lenovo\PWRMGRV\Battery
    Value NameChargeThresholds
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1
  3. Custom
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Lenovo\PWRMGRV\Battery
    Value NameChargeThresholds
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value2

Notify me when thresholds change :
Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Lenovo\PWRMGRV\Battery
Value NameChargeThresholdsNotify
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value0
True Value
False Value0
Start charging when below :

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Lenovo\PWRMGRV\Battery
Value NameChargeThresholdsStart
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value96
Min Value2
Max Value96
Stop charging at :

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Lenovo\PWRMGRV\Battery
Value NameChargeThresholdsStop
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value100
Min Value6
Max Value100

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