Sony
Notebook U
s
er Guide
Using your notebook
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You must have Administrator’s rights on your notebook to be able to edit existing profiles. Users whose account type is
Limited
can only open the
Power Profile
tab in the
Power Panel
window in view mode. To check your user account information, select the
User Accounts
category in the
Control Panel
. Your account type must be
Computer administrator
to be able to edit power profile.
Creating a power profile
To create a power profile, proceed as follows:
1
Right-click the PowerPanel icon in the taskbar and select
Edit/Create Profiles
from the menu.
The
Profile Editor
window appears.
2
Select
New
from the
File
menu.
3
In the
Create New Profile
dialog box, check the appropriate option button to specify the type of power
management profile that you want to create and click
OK
.
4
Select the new power management settings you would like for the device.
5
Click the
File
menu and then click
Save
.
Managing performance with Performance Balancer
The Performance Balancer is installed by default together with PowerPanel to set up the performance of
your computer depending on the LCD brightness and the quietness of the CPU fan.
To use Performance Balancer, proceed as follows:
1
Click the
Start
button on the
Windows
®
taskbar.
2
In
All Programs
, select
Performance Balancer
and then click
Performance Balancer
.
The
Performance Balancer
window appears.
