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Setting a Standby Password, Setting Other Power Preferences

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Power Setting a Standby Password You can add a security feature that prompts you for your Microsoft® Windows® user password when the notebook resumes from standby. To set a password prompt: 1. Select Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > Power Options > Advanced tab. 2. Select the check box Prompt for password when the computer resumes from standby. 3. Select OK. For information about other passwords and security features, refer to Chapter 12, "Security." Setting Other Power Preferences You can change the function of the power/standby button, the fn+f5 hotkey, and the display switch. At the default settings for the fn+f5 hotkey, power/standby button, and display switch, when the notebook is on: ■ Briefly pressing the power/standby button initiates hibernation. ■ Pressing the fn+f5 hotkey, called the sleep button in a Windows operating system, initiates standby. ■ Closing the notebook presses the display switch, which turns off the display. Hardware and Software Guide 2-11

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Power
Hardware and Software Guide
2–11
Setting a Standby Password
You can add a security feature that prompts you for your
Microsoft® Windows® user password when the notebook
resumes from standby.
To set a password prompt:
1. Select
Start > Control Panel > Performance and
Maintenance > Power Options > Advanced
tab.
2. Select the check box
Prompt for password when the
computer resumes from standby.
3. Select
OK.
For information about other passwords and security features,
refer to
Chapter 12, “Security.”
Setting Other Power Preferences
You can change the function of the power/standby button, the
fn+f5
hotkey, and the display switch.
At the default settings for the
fn+f5
hotkey, power/standby button,
and display switch, when the notebook is on:
■
Briefly pressing the power/standby button initiates
hibernation.
■
Pressing the
fn+f5
hotkey, called the
sleep button
in a
Windows operating system, initiates standby.
■
Closing the notebook presses the display switch, which turns
off the display.