Power Management - Windows Vista

Table of contents
1 Power control and light locations
2 Shutting down the computer
3 Setting power options
Using power-saving states ................................................................................................................... 5
Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................................... 5
Initiating and exiting Hibernation .......................................................................................... 6
Using the battery meter ........................................................................................................................ 7
Using power plans ................................................................................................................................ 8
Viewing the current power plan ........................................................................................... 8
Selecting a different power plan .......................................................................................... 8
Customizing power plans ..................................................................................................... 8
Setting password protection on wakeup ............................................................................................... 9
4 Using battery power
Finding battery information in Help and Support ................................................................................ 12
Displaying the remaining battery charge ............................................................................................ 13
Inserting or removing the battery ........................................................................................................ 14
Charging a battery .............................................................................................................................. 15
Managing low battery levels ............................................................................................................... 16
Identifying low battery levels .............................................................................................. 16
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................................................. 17
Resolving a low battery level when external power is available ........................ 17
Resolving a low battery level when a charged battery is available ................... 17
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is available ..................... 17
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit Hibernation ....... 17
Calibrating a battery ........................................................................................................................... 18
Step 1: Fully charge the battery ......................................................................................... 18
Step 2: Disable Hibernation and Sleep .............................................................................. 18
Step 3: Discharge the battery ............................................................................................ 19
Step 4: Fully recharge the battery ...................................................................................... 20
Step 5: Reenable Hibernation and Sleep .......................................................................... 20
Conserving battery power .................................................................................................................. 21
Storing a battery ................................................................................................................................. 22
Disposing of a used battery ................................................................................................................ 23
5 Using external AC power
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