Dell Dimension 3100 Owner's Manual

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24 Setting Up and Using Your Computer3 Under or pick a Control Panel icon, click Power Options.4 Define your power settings on the Power Schemes tab, Advanced tab, and Hibernate tab.Power Schemes TabEach standard power setting is called a scheme. If you want to select one of the standard Windowsschemes installed on your computer, choose a scheme from the Power schemes drop-down menu.The settings for each scheme appear in the fields below the scheme name. Each scheme hasdifferent settings for starting standby mode or hibernate mode, turning off the monitor, andturning off the hard drive.The Power schemes drop-down menu displays the following schemes:• Always On (default) — If you want to use your computer with no power conservation.• Home/Office Desk — If you use your computer as a home or office computer and you requireminimal power conservation.• Presentation — If you want your computer to run without interruption (using no powerconservation).• Minimal Power Management — If you want your computer to run with minimal powerconservation.• Max Battery — If your computer is a portable computer and you run your computer frombatteries for extended periods of time.If you want to change the default settings for a scheme, click the drop-down menu in the Turn offmonitor, Turn off hard disks, System stand by, or System hibernates field, and then select a time-out from the displayed list. Changing the time-out for a scheme field permanently changes thedefault settings for that scheme, unless you click Save As and enter a new name for the changedscheme.NOTICE: If you set the hard drive (hard disk) to time-out before the monitor does, your computer mayappear to be locked up. To recover, press any key on the keyboard or click the mouse. To avoid thisproblem, always set the monitor to time-out before the hard drive.Advanced TabThe Advanced tab allows you to:• Place the power options icon in the Windows taskbar for quick access.• Set the computer to prompt you for your Windows password before the computer exits fromstandby mode or hibernate mode.• Program the power button to activate standby mode, activate hibernate mode, or turn off thecomputer.To program these functions, select an option from the corresponding drop-down menu andclick OK.