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CHAPTER 8: Customizing Your Computer
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Changing advanced settings
Advanced power settings let you assign different power saving modes to the
power button.
To change advanced power management settings:
1
Click Start , then click Control Panel . The Control Panel window opens. If
your Control Panel is in Category View, click Performance and
Maintenance .
2
Click/Double-click the Power Options icon. The Power Options Properties
dialog box opens.
3
Click the Advanced tab.
Help and Support
For more information about power
management, click Start, then click Help
and Support . Type the keyword power
management in the Search box, then
click the arrow.
4
Click the arrow button to open a Power buttons list, then click the power
setting mode you want to use.
5
Click OK .
Activating and using Hibernate mode
Hibernate (also called save to disk ) writes all current memory (RAM) information
to the hard drive, then turns your computer completely off. The next time you
turn on your computer, it reads the memory information from the hard drive
and opens the programs and documents that were open when you activated
Hibernate mode.
To activate Hibernate mode:
1
Click Start , then click Control Panel . The Control Panel window opens. If
your Control Panel is in Category View, click Performance and
Maintenance .
2
Click/Double-click the Power Options icon. The Power Options Properties
dialog box opens.
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