HP Armada 4200 Armada 4200 Family of Personal Computers Reference Guide - Page 52

Battery Status Tab, If You Want To, Click This Tab in Power, Properties

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Some power management features for Windows 95 and Windows NT can be accessed from Power Properties (the power icon) on the Control Panel. Other power management features for these operating systems must be accessed in Computer Setup. If You Want To: Click This Tab in Power Properties Show Suspend on the Start menu or Power (Windows 95 only) battery meter on the taskbar. Set timeouts for drives when using battery power or AC power. Turn off power to the PC Card slots. Set battery conservation levels; enable/disable warning beeps; set timeouts. Select Hibernation settings; set Hibernation timeout. Enable/disable Energy Saver and customize Energy Save monitor values. Display the status of installed batteries. Set date and time to exit Suspend; enable/disable Resume Timer. Disk Drives (Windows 95 only) PC Card Modems (Windows 95 only) Battery Conservation Settings Hibernation AC Energy Saver (Windows NT only) Battery Status Resume Timer Battery Status Tab The Battery Status Tab on the Power icon is a Compaq application for Windows that provides information on the status of each installed battery. The utility includes: an illustration of each battery, showing where it's installed in the computer; the life remaining in each battery; and which battery (if any) is currently charging. 5-16 Managing Power

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Managing Power
Some power management features for Windows 95 and Windows
NT can be accessed from Power Properties (the power icon) on
the Control Panel. Other power management features for these
operating systems must be accessed in Computer Setup.
If You Want To:
Click This Tab in Power
Properties
Show Suspend on the Start menu or
battery meter on the taskbar.
Power (Windows 95 only)
Set timeouts for drives when using
battery power or AC power.
Disk Drives (Windows 95 only)
Turn off power to the PC Card slots.
PC Card Modems (Windows 95
only)
Set battery conservation levels;
enable/disable warning beeps; set
timeouts.
Battery Conservation Settings
Select Hibernation settings; set
Hibernation timeout.
Hibernation
Enable/disable Energy Saver and
customize Energy Save monitor
values.
AC Energy Saver (Windows NT
only)
Display the status of installed
batteries.
Battery Status
Set date and time to exit Suspend;
enable/disable Resume Timer.
Resume Timer
Battery Status Tab
The Battery Status Tab on the Power icon is a Compaq application
for Windows that provides information on the status of each
installed battery. The utility includes: an illustration of each
battery, showing where it’s installed in the computer; the life
remaining in each battery; and which battery (if any) is currently
charging.