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3-5. Windows XP Power Management
Windows XP has a self-power management feature.
With that, you can lower the power consumption of Notebook PC.
▶ Power Option Registration Information
1. On the home screen, click Start button and Control Panel .
2. Double-click Control panels | Switch to Classic View | Power Options icons.
3. When Power Option Registration Information window appears, on Power Schemes tab, customize the power
management settings for the user environments.
■ To find appropriate power management settings for Notebook PC, just select Mobile Phone/
Laptop in Power Schemes dropdown menu. Then decide detailed time frames for Turn
off monitor, Turn off hard disks, System standby, and System hibernates in Power
Schemes settings of Minimal Power Management.
■ In System Standby, the monitor and hard disks are turned off to save power.
■ In System standby, currently worked-on data is not stored on the hard disk and so save it before
entering into the standby mode.
■ In System hibernates, the computer is turned off after all the data on the memory has been
saved on the hard disk.