Low battery notification level
Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 30, 2026
Supported on: At least Windows Vista
Path in the GPO console
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Power Management\Notification Settings Description
This policy setting specifies the percentage of battery capacity remaining that triggers the low battery notification action. If you enable this policy setting, you must enter a numeric value (percentage) to set the battery level that triggers the low notification. To set the action that is triggered, see the "Low Battery Notification Action" policy setting. If you disable this policy setting or do not configure it, users control this setting.
Registry
HKLM
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\8183ba9a-e910-48da-8769-14ae6dc1170a MDM / Intune (CSP)
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_Power/DCBatteryDischargeLevel1_2 Microsoft Learn documentation Mapping data: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0)
Export Builder
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.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Low battery notification level
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows Vista
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\8183ba9a-e910-48da-8769-14ae6dc1170a]
"DCSettingIndex"=dword:00000000More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Low battery notification level
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\8183ba9a-e910-48da-8769-14ae6dc1170a'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DCSettingIndex' -Value 0 -Type DWordIntune XML
OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_Power/DCBatteryDischargeLevel1_2
Data type: String
Value:
<enabled/>
<data id="EnterDCBatteryDischargeLevel1" value="0"/>Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Low battery notification level
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\8183ba9a-e910-48da-8769-14ae6dc1170a' -Name 'DCSettingIndex' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Low battery notification level
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\8183ba9a-e910-48da-8769-14ae6dc1170a'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DCSettingIndex' -Value 0 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Low battery notification level
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
# SCCM Configuration Item guidance:
# Create a Configuration Item of type "Setting: Script".
# Discovery script: use the Detection script below.
# Remediation script: use the Remediation script below.
# Compliance rule: the Discovery script output equals 'Compliant'.
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Low battery notification level
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\8183ba9a-e910-48da-8769-14ae6dc1170a' -Name 'DCSettingIndex' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Low battery notification level
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\8183ba9a-e910-48da-8769-14ae6dc1170a'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DCSettingIndex' -Value 0 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.