Chapter 3 Saving Energy Using Sleep And Power Management; Accessing The Microsoft Windows Power Management Settings; Preset Power Schemes - HP Compaq Presario,Presario 7480 Reference Manual

Saving Energy Using Sleep and
Chapter 3
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.
2.
Preset Power
The following preset power schemes are available.
Schemes
Home/Office Desk 20 minutes of no activity 15 minutes of no activity
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
Power Management
From the Windows Taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, then click
Control Panel.
Double-click the Power
displayed.
System goes to
Preset Option
Standby after...
20 minutes of no activity 15 minutes of no activity
Never
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icon. The Power Management Properties window is
Microsoft Windows Power Schemes
Monitor turns off
after...
15 minutes of no activity
Hard disk turns off
after...
30 minutes of no activity
30 minutes of no activity
1 hour of no activity
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