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20.1. Windows
®
8 Power On/Off Functions
The new Windows
®
8 allows you to restart your Notebook, put it into
sleep
mode or
shut it down.
Changes can be made to the
sleep
settings at any time in the power options.
In
sleep mode
the content of your Notebook’s RAM is preserved while practically
all other components of your Notebook are disabled or their power consumption
reduced to a minimum. For example, if you flip the Notebook shut, it puts it into
sleep mode and it is automatically restarted upon opening.
Restarting
Move the mouse pointer into the top right or bottom corner
of the display, move the mouse down and click
Settings
.
Now click
Power
and select
Restart
.
Your Notebook will now restart.
Sleep
Move the mouse pointer into the top right or bottom corner
of the display, move the mouse down and click
Settings
.
Now click
Power
and select
Sleep
.
Your Notebook will now switch to sleep mode.
Shut down
Move the mouse pointer into the top right or bottom corner
of the display, move the mouse down and click
Settings
.
Now click
Power
and select
Shut down
.
20.2.
Control Panel Settings
You can change Windows
®
8 settings using the control panel. These settings control
virtually everything about how Windows
®
8 appears and functions and enable you
to customise Windows
®
8 to meet your requirements.
When the control panel is run for the first time, some of the most frequently used
control panel elements are displayed grouped together by category.
If you require additional information about a control panel element in the catego-
ry view, you must hold the mouse pointer over the icon or category name and read
the text shown there.
To run one of these elements, click on the associated icon or category name.
A list with executable tasks and a selection of individual control panel elements
opens for some of these elements.
To launch the control panel, proceed as follows:
Move the mouse pointer into the top right or bottom corner of the display and
click
Search
.
Enter
Control Panel
in the search field.
Click on
Control Panel
.
