Setting a Security Prompt
You can add a security feature that prompts you for a password
when the computer is turned on, resumes from standby, or
restores from hibernation.
To set the computer to prompt for a password:
1. Select Start > Control Panel > Performance and
Maintenance > Power Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Select the check box for Prompt for password when
computer resumes from standby.
4. Click Apply.
5. Click OK.
For information about other passwords and security features,
refer to Chapter 6, "Security."
Setting Other Power Preferences
You can change the Windows function of the power button, the
hotkey, and the display switch.
fn+f5
At the default settings for the
display switch, when the computer is on in Windows:
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Briefly pressing the power button initiates hibernation.
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Pressing the
Windows operating system, initiates standby.
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Closing the display activates the display switch, which turns
off the display and initiates standby.
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