Toshiba F15 - Manual (Page 128)

128 Mobile Computing
Monitoring battery power
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Power profiles in Windows XP
In Windows ® XP, you can choose from predefined power
profile or select your own combination of power management
options. The following steps describe this procedure.
If you try to use the power management feature in Windows, a
message tells you to close the Microsoft power options and
use the Toshiba Power Saver instead.
1 Open the Start menu, click Control Panel, then
Performance and Maintenance.
2 Click on the Toshiba Power Saver icon.
3 Select an appropriate profile for your work environment,
or create your own custom profile.
4 For more information, see “Power Saver” on page 243 .
Using a hot key to set the power profile
You may use a hot key to set the power profile.
To set the power profile:
1 Press Fn and F2 simultaneously to display the power profile
pop-up window.
Sample Power Profile mode pop-up window
NOTE