Using The Computer
Turning on the Computer 2 - 5
2
Turning on the Computer
Now you are ready to begin using your computer. To turn it on sim-
ply press the power button on the front panel.
When the computer is on, you can use the power button as a hot-key
button when it is pressed for less than
4 seconds
. Use
Power Op-
tions
in the
Windows
Control Panel to configure this feature.
5
Power Button as
Standby or Hibernate
Button
If you are using an
ACPI-compliant OS,
such as
Windows 2000
Professional
or
Win-
dows
XP,
the power
button can be desig-
nated as
Standby
or
Hibernate
within the
OS’s “Power Options”
subsystem (see your
OS’s documentation,
or “Configuring the
Power Button” on
page 3 - 21
for details).
5
Forced Off
If the system “hangs”, and the
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Del
key combination doesn’t work,
press the power button for
4 seconds,
or longer
,
to force the system to turn
itself off.
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