Power configuration in .NET

Creation Code-39 in .NET Power configuration

A. Change the When I Close The Lid setting for when the laptop computer is on batteries. B. Change the When I Close The Lid setting for when the laptop computer is plugged in. C. Change the When I Press The Power Button setting for when the laptop computer is plugged in. D. Change the When I Press The Power Button setting for when the laptop computer is on batteries. 4. You are currently using the High Performance power plan. You want the computer to ask for a password when it wakes from sleep when plugged in but not when using the battery. How can you do this with a minimum of effort A. Create a custom power plan. B. Edit the Advanced Power Settings of the High Performance plan.

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C. Change to the Balanced power plan. D. Change to the Power Saver power plan. 5. You want to have a particular set of power settings that are not available in the current power plans. You do not want your settings lost if the Restore Plan Defaults button is used. You want individualized display brightness and computer sleep settings. Which of the following should you do A. Change advanced power settings. B. Create a power plan. C. Adjust the display brightness. D. Change when the computer sleeps.

To further practice and reinforce the skills you learned in this chapter, you can perform the following tasks:

Review the chapter summary. Review the list of key terms introduced in this chapter. Complete the case scenarios. These scenarios set up real-world situations involving the topics of this chapter and ask you to create a solution. Complete the suggested practices. Take a practice test.

Summary

There are three options for entering text through the Input Panel the on-screen keyboard, the character pad, and the writing pad. The on-screen keyboard gives the best precision but the slowest speed, the writing pad gives the fastest experience, and the character pad strikes a balance between the two. By default, the handwriting recognition system improves recognition based on corrections made. It is also possible to improve recognition by running the personalize handwriting recognition routines. You can either provide a significant sample of handwriting for Windows Vista to analyze or target specific recognition errors. Power plans are collections of hardware and system settings that determine how a computer uses power. The default plans, from lowest power usage to highest, are Power Saver, Balanced, and High Performance. It is possible to create a custom plan and to configure more detailed power plan settings.

Do you know what these key terms mean You can check your answers by looking up the terms in the glossary at the end of the book.

In the following case scenarios, you will apply what you have learned about configuring applications included with Windows Vista. You can find answers to these questions in the Answers section at the end of this book.

All the executives at Tailspin Toys have Tablet PC computers running Windows Vista Ultimate. They use the Tablet PC computers for meetings and conferences. All the Tablet PC computers are convertible, which gives the executives the greatest amount of flexibility. Because the executives are now experienced users, you have been asked to provide some tips on how they might use their Tablet PCs more efficiently. 1. Several of the executives are left-handed. How can you optimize their experience 2. Several executives want to speed up the editing of their documents while in slate mode. Specifically, they want to be able to quickly copy and paste data. What steps can you take to help them 3. The company s CEO has just been given a brand new Windows Vista Tablet PC. She is concerned that she will have to teach the computer how to read her handwriting again. How can you ensure that the new computer will recognize her handwriting as well as the old one does