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Getting Started
Turning off the computer
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❖ Use the Shut Down command if you are using Windows
®
XP Professional or Windows
®
XP Media Center Edition
(MCE) and are connected to a domain server.
❖ If you have work in progress and are not connected to a
network, use the Windows
®
Standby or Hibernate
commands to save your system settings so that, when you
turn on the computer again, you will automatically return
to where you left off.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Before using any of these options to shut
down or turn off your computer, save your files and make sure
the disk activity lights are off.
If you change your mind and decide to continue working after
all, wait a few seconds before turning the computer on again.
Hibernation mode
Hibernation mode shuts the computer down completely, but it
first saves the current state of the computer to the hard disk.
Since Hibernation mode does not require power to maintain
the saved information, system settings are retained
indefinitely.
Factors to consider when choosing Hibernation:
❖ While in Hibernation mode, the computer uses no main
battery power.
❖ Because the state of the system is stored on the hard disk,
no data is lost if the main battery discharges.
❖ When starting up again, Hibernation takes less time and
consumes less main battery power than does turning off
the computer.
❖ Since information is being retrieved from the hard disk
rather than from memory, restarting from Hibernation
takes a little more time and consumes more main battery
power to start up than when restarting from Standby.