
S e c t i o n T w o
(This group is set from PowerPanel.)
■Presentation.
■Green PC.
■AC Profile.
■Word Processing.
■Communication.
■Games.
The activation choices are:
■System Suspend.
■System
■System Standby.
■Hard Disk Standby.
■Modem Power Toggle.
■Video Standby.
The factory set Maximum Power Savings profile is designed around trade offs of performance and battery life. For maximum battery life, keep the display and volume levels as low as possible and use the custom settings recommended in Section Three on page 101.
P O I N T
The AC Power profile is activated auto- matically when a power adapter is being used, unless it is overridden by another selection made after the adapter became active. It can be reactivated by selecting it or it can be activated by selection, even when operating only on battery power.
POWERPANEL ONLINE HELP
To access help with your power management settings, move your cursor to the PowerPanel toolbar and right click. (See Clicking on page 31.) From the menu that appears select
PowerPanel Help Topics.
POWERPANEL CUSTOMIZATION
To modify your PowerPanel toolbar or create a custom toolbar, move your cursor to the PowerPanel toolbar and right click. From the menu that appears select Customize. Within the Customize dialog box you can choose to have the toolbar display at all times or to use your custom toolbar. You can also select from the
same menu to Hide the toolbar. If you hide the toolbar you will have to double click on the edge where the toolbar was located to display it.
If you select Exit from the PowerPanel menu you will turn off the PowerPanel completely. To turn it back on, go to the Program folder of the Start menu,select PowerPanel and click on it.
MAXIMUM BATTERY LIFE PROFILE
The Maximum Battery Life profile is a factory installed combination of timeouts and other power savings parameters read directly from the BIOS,and chosen as the settings that will produce the longest possible battery life.
MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE PROFILE
The Maximum Performance profile is a factory installed combination of timeouts and other power savings parameters read directly from the BIOS and chosen as the settings that will produce superior performance with reasonable battery life.
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