“Should I let Windows decide which apps will run in the background in battery settings?”

(Answer requested by M. Vincent Holguin)

Sure. At least as a starting point, why not?

And that’s true of all PC/phone/tablet/TV/etc. system settings. It’s not just a Windows/Power-setting thing.

Default settings usually aren’t random. With major vendors and successful products, the default settings are what the vendor has found will work for most of the users, most of the time.

So, it’s reasonable to start with the defaults, and pay attention to how your system performs. Once you have a good sense of how things are with the defaults, you can then make whatever adjustments you wish; observe the new results; and thus know for sure whether or not your changes made things better.

Otherwise — that is, if you just dive in and make changes without first knowing what the defaults do — you’re really just guessing!

And, in case any readers are wondering what prompted this question, it’s here, in Win10’s Settings:

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