User's Manual

More about Your Settings Options
General Settings
Here you can specify whether configuration functions should also be offered that reduce the performance of
the system and turn off visual effects. You can also decide whether Economy Mode should remain turned on
when the computer is restarted.
Screen
Your computer's screen may use more energy even than hardware components such as the hard disk or the proc-
essor, for example. Reducing the screen brightness or turning off the screen after a short time if you are not
using the computer will reduce energy consumption considerably.
Screen brightness (only for laptops)
General: This setting determines how much the general screen brightness should be reduced when Economy
Mode is on.
When dimming: This setting determines how much the general screen brightness should be reduced when the
screen is dimmed when Economy Mode is on.
Screen behavior
Turn off: This setting determines the period of time until the screen should be switched off when Economy
Mode is on.
Only for laptops:
Dimming: This setting determines the period of time until the screen is dimmed when Economy Mode is on.
Hardware
If you turn off hardware components temporarily, the energy consumption of your computer will be reduced.
What is more, every computer has many services running in the background that detect connected devices and
provide you with the necessary functions to use these devices. You can restrict the amount of this support in
order to reduce the energy consumption of your computer.
Hardware components
Hard disk standby: This setting determines the period of time until the hard disk should go into standby mode
when Economy Mode is on.
Processor energy-saving settings: This setting determines the extent of energy saving for the processor when
Economy Mode is on.
Only in Windows Vista and 7:
Wireless adapter energy-saving settings: This option determines the extent of energy saving for the wireless
adapter when the Economy Mode is on.
Connection to external devices
Synchronization with mobile devices: This setting will prevent synchronization of addresses, e-mails, music
files, etc. with your cell phone or portable media player and the related program will not start automatically
when the device is connected while Economy Mode is on.
Support for digital cameras and scanners: This setting means that you cannot import images from your digital
camera or scan images when Economy Mode is on.
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