21Select or on the taskbarYou can control power consumption by setting CPU performance separately for “ACadaptor connected” and “AC adaptor disconnected (i.e., running on batteries).” Forperformance settings, select either [Battery Optimized Performance] or [Maximum Per-formance].Setting the Intel(R) SpeedStep (TM) technologySelect performance.Even if [Running on batteries] is set to[Maximum Performance] and [Pluggedin] is set to [Battery Optimized Perfor-mance], settings will return to their origi-nal performances after the computer isrebooted.Displays settings currently in effect.Display detailed settings ( screenin the “CAUTION” shown below)Other start-up methods:Right-click on either or , and select [Adjust Properties].Choose [Start] - [Settings] - [Control Panel] - [Power Management]*, and se-lect [Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) technology].Do not add the check mark for [Disable IntelSpeedStep technology control].Do not delete the check mark for [Disable au-dio notification when performance changes].Computing on the RoadStart-up methodsNOTECAUTIONWindows NTWhen this checkmark is on, a confirmation screen is displayed when switching from[Maximum Performance] to [Battery Optimized Performance].(This screen appears only when a switch is made between AC adaptor operationand battery operation.)