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- Power Management
Enable or Disable the Hibernation Feature
Windows Vista:
The default settings are not enabled. To enable or disable the Hibernation feature follow
these steps:
1
From the
Start
menu, select
Control Panel
, then select
Power Options
(if you are in Control Panel Home view,
you’ll need to click
Mobile PC
before clicking
Power Options
).
2
Select “Choose what the power button does” or “Choose what closing the lid does”, then make your selections
(Do Nothing, Sleep, Hibernate, or Shut Down).
Windows XP:
The default settings are not enabled. To enable or disable the Hibernation feature follow
these steps:
1
From the
Start
menu, select
Settings
, and then select
Control Panel
.
2
From the
Control Panel
select
Power Options
.
3
Select the
Hibernate
tab. Select the box to enable or disable this feature.
Windows Power Management
The Power Options icon located in the Windows Control Panel allows you to configure some of the power
management settings. For example, you can use Power Options to set the timeout values for turning off
the display and hard disks whether you are running the notebook on battery power or one of the adapters.
Restarting the System
If your system is on and you need to restart it, be sure that you use the following procedure.
Windows Vista
1
Click the
Start
button, and then click on the small arrow at the bottom right of the menu.
2
Select
Restart
from the list.
Windows XP
1
Click the
Start
button, and then click
Shut Down
.
2
Select the
Restart
option from within the Windows Shut Down dialog box.
3
Click
OK
to restart your notebook. Your notebook will shut down and then reboot.
