Controlling the Power Options
Different computers have different power-management requirements and abilities. You might want the monitor on your main desktop computer to shut down after a few minutes of idleness, but you might also want the computer itself to "stay awake" constantly. With a portable computer, you might want everything to go to sleep after a few minutes of idleness. You can adjust a power plan so that the computer does these things automatically, or you can make the adjustments manually by specifying what you want to happen when you press a power button or close the lid of a portable computer. For protection, you can also require that only you can unlock your account when the computer wakes up from Sleep mode.
Use a Power Plan
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