This section will cover two categories of settings:

• Power settings
• Advanced CPU Settings (ACS) for Intel CPU's

By default Quick CPU application is not making any changes to the system it’s running on, and only performs system monitoring. All the changes to any of the settings from the categories above are done by the user via Quick CPU interface.

However, there may be a situation where an end user has made one or more changes to the system settings and is unhappy with the result or simply wants to revert everything back to how it was. In this case there are few simple steps that you can follow to revert all the settings from the previously mentioned categories back to their original state (system default), or to the state they were before change was applied.

The way that settings will be reverted will depend on two main factors:

• If you have backed up your original settings from either category, you can always restore them from a backup.
• If there’s no backup available, you can always Reset all the settings back to the system default.

In the sections below I’ll explain the process for both categories.

If you are planning to make any changes to the system Power settings, it is always a good idea to make a backup copy of your current settings, in case you will decide later to restore them.

The process of making a backup copy for a specific power plan is fairly simple:

• Click on the Power button located in the application toolbar, or use an Arrow located in the Refresh button and click Manage.
• Navigate to Power Plan Management.
• From the top grid Available power plans select a Power plan that you are planning to backup.
• Click Export button and choose a location where you want to store a power plan backup.

Next I’m going to explain how to restore/reset power settings from a backup file, or to system default.

Restoring Power settings to system default:

• Click on the Arrow located in the Refresh button and choose Reset option.
• By choosing the Apply, all the power settings on your system will be restored back to the system default. This will include:
  1. The removal of all the custom power plans if they do exist (if you like to keep them you can back them up, see above).
  2. Restoring all the settings back to system default.
  3. Activating system default Power plan.

Restoring Power settings from a backup file:

• Click on the Power button located in the application toolbar or use an Arrow located in the Refresh button and click Manage.
• Navigate to Power Plan Management
• Click Import button and choose a location where the backup file for a specific Power Plan will be stored.
• Once your Power plan is installed you can:
  1. Delete the original (modified) Power plan.
  2. Compare restored power plan with the original by using Compare Power Plan section and choose to Merge modified settings. More on this here:

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The process of restoring Advanced CPU Settings (ACS) is slightly different but very simple as well.

In general Advanced CPU Settings (ACS) are getting reset back to the system default by the system BIOS every time you turn your computer OFF and back ON, (for some systems restart is enough but not for all).

All you need to do in this case, is to ensure that none of your Custom profile/s (if you have any), are set to be applied on application start. After that you have to turn your computer OFF and then back ON. This will reset all the ACS settings back to their default values.

Normally, before modifying any ACS settings, at the very beginning (when they are still set to system default), it is a good idea to create a Default custom profile. This profile will store all of your default settings. This way, if you happen to make any changes to one or more ACS settings, but have decided later on to reset everything back to system default, you can simply Apply your Default profile, without needing to turn the computer OFF and back ON (see the image below).

Every ASC group has a monitor that can be turned ON or OFF. If the monitor is ON the application will monitor and enforce ASC settings that you have applied last.

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