Compal NTUC0, User Manual

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NTUC0 User Manual
7.1.3.1 Select a power plan
Windows Vista provides three preset power plans-Balanced, Power saver, and High
performance. Each plan has the different time-out settings for turning off the display and
entering
Sleep Mode
. You do not need to make any further adjustments to set the
performance level.
To change setting for the plan, click the following three items on the left pane of the
Power Options window.
•
Choose when to turn off the display
•
Change when the computer sleeps
•
Adjust the display brightness
After selecting a plan, you can see the percentage of battery charge remaining and
active power plan by moving the mouse pointer over the battery meter icon on the
taskbar.
For more information on changing advanced power settings, see the
Windows Help
and Support
.
To maximize battery power, use the Power saver plan.
7.1.3.2 Power buttons and password protection
Select
Require a password on wakeup
,
Choose what the power buttons does
,
or
Choose what closing the lid does
from the left pane of the Power Options
window. There are two main settings in this section:
•
Power button and lid settings
•
Password protection on wakeup
Depending on your operating system, program the following functions by clicking an
option from the corresponding pull-down menu in
Advanced settings
window, and
then clicking
OK
to save your settings and close this window.
For more information on accessing the
Advanced settings
window, see
7.1.1
Managing Your Notebook’s Power.
•
Set the computer to
Do nothing / Sleep / Hibernate / Shutdown
when
you press the power button.
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