Skip to Content
Windows 8 Bible
book

Windows 8 Bible

by Jim Boyce, Rob Tidrow
October 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1176 pages
27h 33m
English
Wiley
Content preview from Windows 8 Bible

The Power Settings

The power settings under Power Options in the Control Panel provide features that enable you to adjust the performance of your system while conserving energy. To get to the power options for your system, open Control Panel. If the Control Panel opens in Category view, click the System And Security link. Then click the Power Options icon. The Power Options applet will open, as shown in Figure 47.22. Click the down arrow beside Show Additional Plans to show the High Performance plan.

FIGURE 47.22 The different options for power settings for a laptop computer

image

The Power Options applet provides the basic configuration for the power options on your system. The three plans listed — Balanced, Power Saver, and High Performance — are the default power plans for the system. You’re able to alter the settings for the three default plans by either clicking the Change Plan Settings link beside the plan or, for the selected plan, clicking either Choose When To Turn Off The Display or Change When The Computer Sleeps from the left column. Clicking any of these links brings up the Edit Plan Settings dialog box shown in Figure 47.23.

FIGURE 47.23 The basic options for setting the power conservation features of Windows 8 running on a laptop computer

image

Adjusting either of these options ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference

Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference

Æleen Frisch
Windows 8 In Depth

Windows 8 In Depth

Brian Knittel, Paul McFedries
Windows 10 Bible

Windows 10 Bible

Rob Tidrow, Jim Boyce, Jeffrey R. Shapiro

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781118240748Purchase book