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Customizing your notebook
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Managing power
The
PowerPanel
utility controls the power management of your notebook and provides key information
about system activity and battery life. The automatic power management selects the most advantageous
profiles, or lets you customize the profiles you choose, according to your own needs, with the goal of
extended battery life.
PowerPanel
has the following features:
Automatic Profile Selection (APS) based on the currently active application;
Ability to select special Power Profiles manually from the menu;
Ability to edit and create new profiles;
Ability to display detailed battery information;
It works in harmony with your Windows settings.
Activating PowerPanel
When starting the computer, the
PowerPanel
icon appears in the system tray by default.
When pointing on the
PowerPanel
icon, you will see a tooltip with the active power management profile.
You can select a power profile from the menu or a power management profile by right-clicking this icon.
You can use the
PowerPanel
toolbar as well.
To use the PowerPanel toolbar, proceed as follows:
1
Right-click the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
2
Select
Toolbars
from the shortcut menu, then click
Power Management
.
The
Power Management
toolbar appears on the taskbar (you can change it into a floating window by
dragging and dropping it on your desktop).
3
Click the first item in the toolbar to open the
Profile
menu.
