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About the Software on your Notebook Computer

Customizing Your Notebook Computer

PowerPanel

Automatic Profiles Selection (APS)

A Power Profile is a set of timer values for a variety of system devices. PowerPanel

automatically selects the profile associated with t he application you’re using and

changes profiles as you switch between applications.

The Power Management lets your system enter energy saving modes by levelling

some energy consuming parameters, such as LCD brightness, or hard disk activity.

Choosing Automatic Profiles

By right-clicking the PowerPanel icon on the task tray, you can choose “Automatic

Profile Selection”: this automatically enables PowerPanel set the power management

settings:

Customizing PowerPanel

You can customize the PowerPanel toolbar to suit your portable computing needs.

You can edit the pre-defined Power Management settings or create new profiles.

Please refer to PowerPanel Help for more information.

Contents

Main NOTICE 1 2 3 4 5 Page Contents About the Software on Your Notebook Computer Sony software Page Page Page ! Operating System and other pre-installed software Operating System and other pre-insta lled software Windows 98 Second Edition Microsoft Corporation Internet Explorer 5.0 Microsoft Corporation Operating System and other pre-installed software Using Smart Capture Using Smart Utilities Using Smart Capture 6 Capturing a still image 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 Capture modes Page Customizing Your Notebook Computer Setting up the Jog Dial Information on Using the Jog Dial Page Using the Sony Software Page Page Page Allocating Other Functions to the Jog Dial 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Deleting a Software from the Registered Files List Page Sony Notebook Setup Notebook Setup Tabs PowerPanel Controlling Power Management PowerPanel main features 1 2 3 Power Management Profiles Page Power Management Commands Page Displaying Battery Information Displaying Battery Information Activating BatteryScope 1 2 Page Displaying Battery Information Displaying Detailed Battery Information Selecting the Display Mode Selecting the Display Mode Using a CRT or Projector 1 2 3 Page Using the Dual Display Function Using the Dual Display Function Selecting dual display mode 1 2 Page Page About the Partitions of your Hard Disk Drive About the Partitions of your Hard Disk Drive Disk space allocation How to use your partitioned drives.