Using your notebook

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You must have Administrator’s rights on your notebook to be able to edit existing profiles. Users whose account type is Limited can only open the

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Power Profile tab in the Power Panel window in view mode. To check your user account information, select the User Accounts category in the

 

Control Panel. Your account type must be Computer administrator to be able to edit power profile.

 

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Creating a power profile

 

 

 

 

To create a power profile, proceed as follows:

 

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Right-click the PowerPanel icon in the taskbar and select Edit/Create Profiles from the menu.

 

The Profile Editor window appears.

 

 

 

 

 

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Select New from the File menu.

 

 

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In the Create New Profile dialog box, check the appropriate option button to specify the type of power

 

 

management profile that you want to create and click OK.

 

 

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Select the new power management settings you would like for the device.

 

 

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Click the File menu and then click Save.

 

Managing performance with Performance Balancer

The Performance Balancer is installed by default together with PowerPanel to set up the performance of your computer depending on the LCD brightness and the quietness of the CPU fan.

To use Performance Balancer, proceed as follows:

1Click the Start button on the Windows® taskbar.

2In All Programs, select Performance Balancer and then click Performance Balancer. The Performance Balancer window appears.