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Here's our Tip for.. August 4, 1999
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Power Management for Portables
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Last year, we first brought up the topic of Windows 98 Power Schemes. Let's take a closer look at how Power Management works on portable (laptop) computers.

In addition to the tabs provided for the desktop, Power Management for portable computers includes the Alarms and Power Meter tabs. A major difference between power management for desktop and portable computers is that you can change settings based on battery use for a portable computer.

    To set the battery alarms:
  1. In the Power Management Properties dialog box, click the Alarms tab.
  2. Select the Set off low batter alarm when power level reaches check box or the Set off critical battery alarm when power level reaches check box.
  3. Drag the slider to change the battery level at which a low-battery alarm or message is activated.
  4. Click Alarm Action, and then click either the Sound Alarm or the Display Message box, or both.
  5. Click the When the alarm goes off the computer will box to display the list. You can specify that your computer immediately goes in standby or shuts down when the alarm sounds or a message is displayed.
  6. Click the Force standby or shutdown even if a program stops responding box if you want the computer to go into standby or shut down even if a program is not responding.
  7. Click OK, and then click OK again.
The Power Meter tab shows the current source of power and displays the percentage of power level remaining for all the batteries in your computer.
    To check the power level of the batteries:
  1. In Power Management Properties dialog box, click the Power Meter tab.
  2. Click the Show Details for each battery box to display the power level for each battery.
  3. Click an individual battery icon for more information about each battery.
  4. Click OK.
You can display the power meter icon on the taskbar using the Advanced tab. Right-click the power meter icon on the taskbar to get the status and other details of each battery, and click the icon to change Power Schemes on-the-fly.
    To show the battery meter on the system taskbar:
  1. Click the Advanced tab.
  2. Check the Show battery meter on taskbar box.
  3. Click OK.
You can choose to be prompted for a password when the computer goes out of standby using the Advanced tab.