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Setting a Security Prompt, Setting Other Power Preferences

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Power Setting a Security Prompt You can add a security feature that prompts you for a password when the computer is turned on, resumes from standby, or restores from hibernation. To set the computer to prompt for a password: 1. Select Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > Power Options. 2. Click the Advanced tab. 3. Select the check box for Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby. 4. Click Apply. 5. Click OK. For information about other passwords and security features, refer to Chapter 6, "Security." Setting Other Power Preferences You can change the Windows function of the power button, the fn+f5 hotkey, and the display switch. At the default settings for the fn+f5 hotkey, power button, and display switch, when the computer is on in Windows: ■ Briefly pressing the power button initiates hibernation. ■ Pressing the fn+f5 hotkey, called the sleep button in a Windows operating system, initiates standby. ■ Closing the display activates the display switch, which turns off the display and initiates standby. Hardware and Software Guide 3-15

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Power
Hardware and Software Guide
3–15
Setting a Security Prompt
You can add a security feature that prompts you for a password
when the computer is turned on, resumes from standby, or
restores from hibernation.
To set the computer to prompt for a password:
1. Select
Start > Control Panel > Performance and
Maintenance > Power Options
.
2. Click the
Advanced
tab.
3. Select the check box for
Prompt for password when
computer resumes from standby
.
4. Click
Apply
.
5. Click
OK
.
For information about other passwords and security features,
refer to Chapter 6, “
Security
.”
Setting Other Power Preferences
You can change the Windows function of the power button, the
fn+f5
hotkey, and the display switch.
At the default settings for the
fn+f5
hotkey, power button, and
display switch, when the computer is on in Windows:
■
Briefly pressing the power button initiates hibernation.
■
Pressing the
fn+f5
hotkey, called the
sleep button
in a
Windows operating system, initiates standby.
■
Closing the display activates the display switch, which turns
off the display and initiates standby.