Saving Energy Using Sleep And Power Management; Accessing The Microsoft Windows Power Management Settings; Preset Power Schemes - Compaq Presario 7360 User Manual

Chapter 4

Saving Energy Using Sleep and Power Management

Microsoft Windows is equipped with a power management utility program that
enables you to reduce the power consumed by your Internet PC. You can set the
power management properties so that certain devices turn off after a predetermined
period of inactivity.
Accessing the Microsoft Windows Power Management
Settings
To access the Microsoft Windows Power Management program, complete the
following steps:
1. From the Windows Taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then
click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Power
is displayed.

Preset Power Schemes

The following preset power schemes are available:
Preset Option
Home/Office Desk
Portable/Laptop
Always On
Your Internet PC power scheme is set to Home/Office Desk . Once the specified
amount of time has elapsed, the device enters Sleep mode. Components in Sleep
mode rapidly return to a fully active state once activity is detected.
Saving Energy Using Sleep and Power Management
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icon. The Power Management Properties window
Microsoft Windows Power Schemes
System goes to
Standby after
20 minutes of no 15 minutes of no
activity activity
20 minutes of no 15 minutes of no
activity activity
15 minutes of no
Never
activity
Monitor turns off Hard Disk turns off
after
30 minutes of no
activity
30 minutes of no
activity
1 hour of no activity
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after