Dell PP01S Power Management Properties for Windows NT, Power management settings

Power Management Settings: Dell Latitude LS Portable Computers User's Guide

power management settings.

●Alarms — allows you to set the Low Battery and Critical Battery alarms to alert you when the battery charge falls below a certain percentage. When you received your computer, the Low Battery and Critical Battery alarm options were not checked. Dell recommends that you do not select these options.

●Power Meter — allows you to view the percentage of battery life remaining when your computer is operating on battery power. If your computer is operating on AC power, the computer displays a message.

●Advanced — allows you to display the Power Meter on the Windows 98 taskbar and to display a password prompt when the computer resumes operation from standby mode. Advanced also allows you to define the action of the Power buttons.

●Hibernate — allows you to enable hibernate (S2D) mode in Windows 98.

Power Management Properties for Windows NT

Dell provides Softex software compatible with the Power Management Controller, which allows you to suspend and resume your portable computer without affecting your ability to use the Latitude LS Advanced Port Replicator (APR).

For information about Softex power management software, see the Softex user’s guides at http://www.dell.com/products/notebook/latitude/NT40.htm and see your Dell-Installed Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Setup Guide.

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