Chapter 3: Managing Power Consumption 53
Creating power schemes
The
Portables/Laptop
power scheme changes the settings to maximize the
battery life of your notebook.
You can select one of three pre-defined power schemes from the
Power
schemes
drop-down list.
You can also create your own power scheme and add it to the list.
1.
Click on
Start
,
Settings
, then
Control Panel
.
2.
Double-click the
Power Management
icon. The Power Management
Properties window appears.
3.
Click to select the Power Schemes tab.
4.
Set the properties as you want them to be in your power scheme, then
click
Save As
.
5.
Type a name for your power scheme, then click
OK
.
6.
Select your power scheme from the
Power scheme
drop-down list.
7.
Click
OK
to apply the change.
To create a power scheme
