Configuring Windows 7 (Training Kit) - Part 62. This training kit is designed for IT professionals who operate in enterprise enviroments that use Windows 7 as a desktop operating system. You should have at least one year of experience in the IT field, as well as experience implementing and administering any Windows client operating system in a networked environment. | Windows 7 allows you to configure basic and advanced settings for each plan. The settings that you can configure depend on your computer s hardware configuration. The Edit Plan Settings dialog box shown in Figure 11-27 allows you to configure a plan s basic settings. Some computers do not support the Dim The Display or Adjust Plan Brightness settings. When you configure the basic settings of a plan you configure different values for when the computer is plugged in or when the computer is running on internal battery power. On desktop computers that do not use an internal battery it is possible to configure only the Plugged In settings. FIGURE 11-27 Configure basic plan settings A user who has an account that is not a member of the local Administrators group is able to modify what the power and sleep buttons do. If they are able to elevate privileges they can also specify whether a password is required when the computer wakes from the sleep state. You can configure these options by clicking Choose What The Power Buttons Do which opens the Power Options System Settings dialog box shown in Figure 11-28. The options that you can configure are Sleep Hibernate Shut Down and Do Nothing. Windows 7 supports the following sleep shutdown and hibernation modes Sleep When Windows 7 is in the Sleep state the processor and the majority of system devices are in a turned-off state. The computer s RAM remains in a turned-on state so that it can maintain the user s open applications and documents. Devices that are configured to wake the computer from sleep such as USB mice keyboards and network cards remain in a turned-on state. If the computer is not woken after a configurable amount of time the computer transitions to the Hibernate state. You can wake a computer from sleep by using the keyboard or mouse. Lesson 2 Windows 7 Mobility CHAPTER 11 583 FIGURE 11-28 Configure power buttons Hybrid Sleep Hybrid Sleep is a power-saving feature that is used with desktop computers that do not .
