Turn off Power Throttling

Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 30, 2026

Supported on: At least Windows 10

Path in the GPO console

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Power Management\Power Throttling Settings

Description

This policy setting allows you to turn off Power Throttling. If you enable this policy setting, Power Throttling will be turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users control this setting.

Registry

HKLM System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerThrottling

Value name: PowerThrottlingOff

Enabled: PowerThrottlingOff = 1

Disabled: PowerThrottlingOff = 0

MDM / Intune (CSP)

./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_Power/PowerThrottlingTurnOff

Device Since Windows 10, version 2004 with KB5005101 [10.0.19041.1202] and later | Windows 10, version 20H2 with KB5005101 [10.0.19042.1202] and later | Windows 10, version 21H1 with KB5005101 [10.0.19043.1202] and later | Windows 11, version 21H2 [10.0.22000] and later Official mapping (Microsoft Learn)

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Not configured Enabled Disabled

.reg file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Turn off Power Throttling
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows 10

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerThrottling]
"PowerThrottlingOff"=dword:00000001

More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)

PowerShell

# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Turn off Power Throttling
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 10

$path = 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerThrottling'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'PowerThrottlingOff' -Value 1 -Type DWord

Intune XML

OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_Power/PowerThrottlingTurnOff
Data type: String
Value:
<enabled/>

Intune Remediation

# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Turn off Power Throttling
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 10

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:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerThrottling' -Name 'PowerThrottlingOff' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)

if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
  Write-Output 'Compliant'
  exit 0
}

Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1

# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Turn off Power Throttling
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 10

$path = 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerThrottling'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'PowerThrottlingOff' -Value 1 -Type DWord

SCCM scripts

# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Turn off Power Throttling
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 10
# 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: Turn off Power Throttling
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 10

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:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerThrottling' -Name 'PowerThrottlingOff' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)

if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
  Write-Output 'Compliant'
  exit 0
}

Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1

# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Turn off Power Throttling
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 10

$path = 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerThrottling'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'PowerThrottlingOff' -Value 1 -Type DWord

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