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Taking your system out of standby – Gateway E1400 User Manual

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Managing Your System

3

Click the

Advanced

tab.

4

Under

When I press power button on my computer

, select

Standby

.

5

Click

OK

.

After you have set the power button to be a standby button, the button
functions in this way:

Taking your system out of Standby

Do one of the following to take your system out of Standby:

Press any key on the keyboard. (A PS/2 or USB keyboard can bring the
system out of Standby.)

If your system uses APM, move the mouse. (A PS/2 or USB mouse can
bring the system out of Standby.)

If you have set the power button to be a Standby button, press the power
button for less than 4 seconds.

The power LED turns green, and your system returns to the state it was in
before it entered Standby.

To reestablish your network connection:

1

Click

Start

, then select

Shut Down

, then

Close all programs and log on as a

different user

. Selecting this option bypasses the restart process and

displays your network logon dialog box.

2

Type your password, then click

OK

. Your logon script runs and your

network connections are reestablished.

See your Windows 98 Help or documentation for more information on using
power management

State of system

Length of time you
press button

Result

Normal working state

Less than 4 seconds

System enters
Standby

Normal working state

More than 4 seconds

Computer turns off

Standby

Less than 4 seconds

System returns to
normal working state

Standby

More than 4 seconds

Computer turns off

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