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Mobile Computing
Monitoring battery power
Power Plans
You can choose a predefined Power Plan or select your own
combination of power options. To do this:
1
Click the
Start
button and, in the Search field, type
Power
Options.
In the list that appears above, click on your selection.
The Windows
®
Power Options window appears.
(Sample Image) Windows
®
Power Options window
2
Select an appropriate plan for your work environment or create
your own custom plan.
3
Click
Create a power plan
in the left pane to set up a new
plan.
To edit a plan or to edit advanced settings, continue to the following
steps.
4
Click
Change plan settings
to choose the plan you want to
edit.
This screen allows you to change basic settings.
5
Click
Change advanced power settings
to access settings for
battery notification levels, internal storage drive power save
time, etc.
You can click on the plus signs to expand each item and to see
what settings are available for each item.
6
Click
OK
to save the plan changes you have performed.
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