Compaq M300 manual 20Managing Power, Setting Power Preferences in Windows 95 or Windows NT

4-20Managing Power

Setting Power Preferences in Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 Continued

In Windows NT, create a general level of power use that applies whenever the computer is running on external AC power. You can enter settings for

■Screen save timeout

■Hard drive timeout

■Energy-saving monitor timeout

Enable/disable low-battery warning beeps.

Set Hibernation timeout.

Exit Suspend after a user-selected timeout.

1.Select Compaq Power⊕AC Energy Saver tab.

2.Select the AC Energy Saver On button.

3.To set a screen save timeout, select a timeout in the Screen Save drop-down list.

4.To set a hard drive timeout, select a timeout in the Hard Disk Idle drop-down list.

5.To enable an external monitor to enter a low-power mode following a screen save timeout, select the Energy Save Monitor check box.

NOTE: You will not be logged off a network when the monitor enters low- power mode.

Select Power (or Compaq Power in Windows NT)⊕Battery Conservation

Settings tab, then select the On or Off

button.

Select Power (or Compaq Power in Windows NT)⊕Hibernation tab, then

select a timeout from the Timeout

drop-down list.

NOTE: This setting does not affect system-initiated Hibernation during a critical low-battery condition.

Select Power (or Compaq Power in Windows NT)⊕Resume Timer tab. Select

the Enabled check box, then select a date

from the Date drop-down list and a time

from the Time drop-down list.

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