Filter
Top Products
Learning More About Your Computer 4–1
4
Saving Energy
You can conserve energy by using the Microsoft Windows Power
Management system. With this system, you can determine when the
computer is sleeping, hibernating, or awake. You can also determine
when your monitor and hard drive turns off.
Using Power Management
The Microsoft Power Management System provides preset power
schemes to assist you with conserving energy:
■ Home/Office Desk
■ Always On
These power schemes determine when your system goes into sleep or
hibernation mode and when your monitor and hard drive turn off.
Table 4–1: Preset Power Scheme Properties
To alter these settings, you can change them in the Power Options
Properties dialog box.
Power Scheme
System goes
to sleep...
System
hibernates...
Monitor
turns off...
Hard drive
turns off...
Home/Office
Desk
After 20
minutes of no
activity
Never After 15
minutes of no
activity
After 30
minutes of no
activity
Always On Never Never After 10
minutes of no
activity
After 1 hour of
no activity