Using The Windows Start Menu; Using The Standby Button On The Keyboard; Using The Power Button - IBM 6643 - NetVista X40 - 128 MB RAM User Manual

Using the Windows Start menu

Follow these steps to put the computer in Standby mode using Windows:
1. From your Windows desktop, click the Start button.
2. Click ShutDown.
3. Click Stand by.
4. Click OK.

Using the Standby button on the keyboard

If you are using the Rapid Access keyboard, you can put the computer in Standby
mode by pressing the Standby button located at the top of the keyboard. The LED
in the Standby button illuminates when the monitor is in a low-power or sleep
state.
To bring the computer out of Standby mode, do one of the following:
• Press any key on the keyboard
• Press one of the mouse buttons
• Press the computer power button for less than four seconds

Using the power button

With Windows, you can set your power button to one of two modes: Shutdown or
Standby.
• When the power button is set for Standby, the computer goes into Standby
mode if you press the button for less than four seconds while the computer is
on. To bring the computer out of Standby mode, press any key on the
keyboard or press one of the mouse buttons. An incoming modem ring while
the computer is in Standby mode also brings the computer out of Standby
mode.
• When the power button is set for Shutdown, pressing the power button,
regardless of the length of time you hold it in, simply turns off or starts the
computer.
The operating system does not perform an orderly shutdown.
The power button is preset for shutdown. To change the power button mode, do
the following:
1. From the Windows desktop, click Start.
2. Select Settings; and then click Control Panel.
3. Double-click Power Management. The Power Management Properties
window opens.
4. Click Advanced.
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