Power Options
The Power Options (Hardware and Sound menu) con-
trol panel icon in Windows allows you to configure power
management features for your computer. You can con-
serve power by means of power plans and configure the
options for the power button, sleep button (Fn + F12),
computer lid (when closed), display and sleep mode (the
default power saving state) from the left menu.
Click Create a power plan in the left menu and select the
options to create a new plan. Click Change Plan Settings
and click Change advanced power settings to access fur-
ther configuration options.
Figure 15 - Power Options
Sleep (Modern Standby)
This system supports Sleep mode as Modern Standby.
In this case the system will continue to download mail,
Windows updates, calendar updates and even VoIP calls
via a Windows Store app, even when the system is in
Sleep (Modern Standby) mode, in much the same way as
a smartphone.
In Sleep (Modern Standby) all of your work, settings and
preferences are saved to memory before the system sleeps.
When you are not using your computer for a certain length
of time, which you specify in the operating system, it will
enter Sleep (Modern Standby) to save power.
The PC wakes from Sleep (Modern Standby) within
seconds and will return you to where you last left off
(what was on your desktop) without reopening the appli-
cation(s) and file(s) you last used.
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