Toshiba Satellite Pro M15-S405 User Guide - Page 177

177 Toshiba Utilities Toshiba Power Saver utility Toshiba Power Saver utility Toshiba's Power Saver utility enhances your computer's power management capabilities. It controls the computer's Power Save Mode, which is a series of settings for power management. In the Power Save Properties dialog, you can choose which mode to use, change settings for each mode, or create your own mode. To access Power Saver Properties: 1 Open the Start menu, click Control Panel, then Performance and Maintenance. 2 Click the Toshiba Power Saver icon. By changing the options that appear in the Power Saver Properties dialog box and clicking OK, you can reconfigure that function. You may choose a power-saving management strategy to best suit your computing needs. If you are running on batteries and the programs that you are using do not require a lot of system resources, you may experience longer work sessions by enabling the Normal or Long Life settings. Any options that you change become effective when you click either OK or Apply. Enabling Hibernation Your computer includes a Toshiba Power Saver utility that allows you to change many of your default power settings. You can enable hibernation through this utility. To power down the computer using the Hibernation option, click Start, select Turn off computer. When you hold down the Shift key, the Standby button changes to Hibernate. Hold down the Shift key, then select Hibernate.