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Mobile Computing
Monitoring battery power
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There are various ways in which you can conserve power and
extend the operating time of your battery:
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Enable Standby or Hibernation, which saves power when
you turn off the computer and turn it back on again.
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Use Toshiba’s power-saving options.
These power-saving options control the way in which the
computer is configured. By using them, you can greatly
increase the length of time you can use the computer before
you need to recharge the battery.
Toshiba has combined these options into preset power usage
modes or profiles.
Power profiles in Windows XP
In Windows
®
XP, you can choose from predefined power
profile or select your own combination of power management
options. The following steps describe this procedure.
If you try to use the power management feature in Windows, a
message tells you to close the Microsoft power options and
use the Toshiba Power Saver instead.
1
Open the
Start
menu, click
Control Panel
, then
Performance and Maintenance
.
2
Click on the
Toshiba
Power Saver
icon.
3
Select an appropriate profile for your work environment,
or create your own custom profile.
4
For more information, see
Using a hot key to set the power profile
You may use a hot key to set the power profile.
To set the power profile:
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