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Configuring the Power Button Behavior, Improving Battery Life

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Configuring the Power Button Behavior To configure the power button behavior: Windows 8.1 1. Right-click anywhere on the Start screen. 2. Click All apps at the bottom-right corner of the screen. 3. Under Windows System, click Control Panel. 4. If your Control Panel is displayed by Category, click the View by: drop‑down and select Small icons or Large icons. 5. Click Power Options.Choose what you want your computer to do when you press the power button from the drop-down menu next to When I press the power button. You may choose different option when your computer is running on battery and when it is connected to a power adapter. 6. Click Save changes. Windows 7 1. Click Start → Control Panel → Power Options. 2. Click Choose what the power buttons do. 3. Choose what you want your computer to do when you press the power button from the drop-down menu next to When I press the power button. You may choose different option when your computer is running on battery and when it is connected to a power adapter. 4. Click Save changes. Improving Battery Life The operating time of a battery, which is the time the battery can hold a charge, varies depending on how you use your laptop computer. The operating time of your battery significantly reduces if you use: • Optical drives. • Wireless communication devices, ExpressCards, media cards, or USB devices. • High-brightness display settings, 3D screen savers, or other power‑intensive programs like complex 3D graphics applications and games. 96  Power Management

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Power Management
Configuring the Power Button Behavior
To configure the power button behavior:
Windows 8.1
1.
Right-click anywhere on the Start screen.
2.
Click
All apps
at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
3.
Under
Windows System
, click
Control Panel
.
4.
If your Control Panel is displayed by Category, click the
View by:
drop-down and select
Small icons
or
Large icons
.
5.
Click
Power Options
.Choose what you want your computer to do when
you press the power button from the drop-down menu next to
When I
press the power button
.
You may choose different option when your computer is running on
battery and when it is connected to a power adapter.
6.
Click
Save changes
.
Windows 7
1.
Click
Start
→
Control Panel
→
Power Options
.
2.
Click
Choose what the power buttons do
.
3.
Choose what you want your computer to do when you press the power
button from the drop-down menu next to
When I press the power
button
.
You may choose different option when your computer is running on
battery and when it is connected to a power adapter.
4.
Click
Save changes
.
Improving Battery Life
The operating time of a battery, which is the time the battery can hold
a charge, varies depending on how you use your laptop computer.
The operating time of your battery significantly reduces if you use:
•
Optical drives.
•
Wireless communication devices, ExpressCards, media cards,
or USB devices.
•
High-brightness display settings, 3D screen savers, or other
power-intensive programs like complex 3D graphics applications
and games.