Managing Power; Windows 98 - Gateway Solo 9100 User Manual

Managing power

A battery-powered session for your notebook is affected by many things
such as using screen savers rather than the suspend function, or playing
music CD-ROMs while using a word processor. If no AC power outlet is
available, you want to make the battery-powered session last as long as
possible.
Power management is handled differently in Windows 98 than in Windows
95 and Windows NT. The following two sections address these differences.
Refer to the section that applies to your operating system.

Windows 98

To modify your power management settings in Windows 98, you do not
need to open the BIOS setup program. This is only necessary if you want to
change the power button setting. Instead, Windows 98 includes a Power
Management Properties dialog box.
To use the Power Management Properties dialog box
Click the button,
1. Start
2. In the Control Panel window, double-click the
Click the appropriate tab to view and modify settings.
3.
, and
Settings Control Panel
.
icon.
Power Management
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