Shortcut to change power plans

Everytime I want to change the power plan I need to enter in the power manger. It takes 3 seconds until it loads completely and then I need to select the power plan. I would like to know if it would be a way to change the power plans with a shortcut on the keyboard or something similar without entering the power manager.
Also, I noticed that entering in the power manager makes CPU going very high for some seconds.
I have a T400 2.53Ghz 4GRam and Windows 7 64bits
T400 (2767-AK3)

Fn+F3 is a good idea.

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I bought this laptop from Taiwan so that is probably one of my power plan is random code.
The main problem I would like to ask is that when I changed to another power plan, it automatically changes back to this random coded plan. Why I want to change is because this random coded plan has PCI management as moderate power saving and maximum cpu as 70%, so when I am playing game it is very laggy with this plan. Even though I change the setting to higher performances, it automatically changes back to its default setting.... I tried to delete this plan but eventually it comes back as it changes automatically.
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Quote from: gilbert1019 on 05-June-15, 18:23:36
How about this:
Switch ECO mode in SCM to OFF. Then go to windows control panel set "High performance".
As for Sound blaster Cinema, have you enable sound effect in its control panel?
Hi, It actually stopped changing if i change it to ECO OFF mode! But why if i put in gaming mode it keep changing back to that random code mode and start lagging? Somehow i feel like not understanding what these modes are for. I thought it is same as changing to high performance in the battery option?
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Like topic here https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=250101.0 (where it's left unanswered and with error link)
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In Windows 7, I can just click the power icon in the taskbar to choose a power plan. The ThinkVantage Power Manager works better, but I cannot adjust the power plan on the fly. Each time I have to open the Power Manager then change the power plan.
How could I add power plans to either
a) a Windows hotkey ie CTRL+ALT+H ...
b) the right click on the Power Manager icon in the taskbar
I like to reserve FN+F3 to shut off the display.
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this command file at specified time. The goal here is to switch at this time from power option that has sleep in 1 hour (Balanced) to the power option that never sleeps.
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Based on your goal "The goal here is to switch at this time from power option that has sleep in 1 hour (Balanced) to the power option that never sleeps.", why didn't you set the Balanced option to never sleep?
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