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Waking up your notebook, Turning off your notebook – Gateway M350 User Manual

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Waking up your notebook

When you do not use your notebook for several minutes, or if you close the
LCD panel without turning your notebook off, it may enter a power-saving
mode called Standby. While in Standby, the power indicator flashes.

If your notebook is in Standby mode, pressing the power button to “wake” it
up. For more information on changing power-saving settings, see

“Changing

power settings” on page 161

.

Turning off your notebook

To turn off your notebook in Windows XP:

1

Click

Start

,

then click

Turn Off Computer

. The Turn Off Computer dialog box

opens.

2

Click

Turn Off

. Windows shuts down and turns off your notebook.

To turn off your notebook in Windows 2000:

1

Click

Start

,

then click

Shut Down

. The Shut Down Windows dialog box opens.

2

Click the arrow button to open the

What do you want your computer to do

list, then click

Shut down

.

3

Click

OK

. Windows shuts down and turns off your notebook.

Important

If for some reason you cannot use the Turn Off Computer
or Shut Down Windows option in Windows to turn off your
notebook, press and hold the power button for about
five seconds, then release it.