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730 Chapter 14 Working with a Tablet PC Practice 1 involves configuring an action for when the lid is closed, and you cannot configure this option on a desktop or virtual computer. You can still perform the rest of this practice if you do not have access to a laptop computer.  Practice 1: Setting and Modifying the Power Saver Plan In this practice, you will configure a computer to use the Power Saver power plan and then modify that plan to ensure that the display is only turned off after five minutes rather than three and that shutting the lid does nothing except send the computer into hibernation. To complete the practice, perform the following steps: 1. Log on to Windows Vista with a user account that is a member of the local administrators group. 2. From the Start menu, open the Control Panel in Classic View. 3. Open the Power Options item. 4. Set the Preferred Plan to Power Saver. 5. Click Change Plan Settings. 6. Change the Turn Off The Display drop-down value under the On Battery Category to 5 minutes. Click Save Changes. 7. In the Power Options dialog box, click Choose What Closing The Lid Does. 8. Change the When I Close The Lid under the On Battery category to Do Nothing. Click Save Changes.  Practice 2: Configuring Advanced Power Plan Settings In this practice, you will configure the Advanced settings of the Balanced Power Options Plan. Advanced settings give a finer level of control than the basic plan settings. In this plan, you will configure the wireless adapter power settings, search and indexing settings, and battery actions. To complete the practice, perform the following steps: 1. Log on to Windows Vista with a user account that is a member of the local administrators group. 2. From the Start menu, open the Control Panel in Classic View. 3. Open the Power Options item. 4. Set the Preferred Plan to Balanced. 5. Under Balanced, click Change Plan Settings. 6. In the Change Settings For The Plan: Balanced dialog box, click the Change Advanced Power Settings text. 7. In the Power Options dialog box, scroll down, and expand the Wireless Adapter Settings. Change the On Battery setting from Maximum Performance to Medium Power Saving. 8. Scroll further down to Search And Indexing. Expand this node, and change the On Battery setting from Balanced to Power Saver. Lesson 2: Configuring Power Options 731 9. Navigate down to the bottom of the Power Options Advanced Settings dialog box, and expand the Battery node. Expand the Low Battery Level, and raise the On Battery figure from 10% to 15%. 10. Click OK to close the dialog box, and then click Save Changes.  Practice 3: Creating a Custom Power Plan In this practice, you will create your own power plan. To complete the practice, perform the following steps: 1. Log on to Windows Vista with a user account that is a member of the local administrators group. 2. From the Start menu, open the Control Panel in Classic View. 3. Open the Power Options item. 4. Click Create A Power Plan. On the Create A Power Plan page, select Power Saver, and enter the plan name as Power Saver II. Click Next. 5. In the Change Settings For The Plan: Power Saver II, configure the settings to never turn off the display or put the computer to sleep if the computer is plugged in, as shown in Figure 14-23. Click Create to create the plan. Figure 14-23 Changing settings for a custom power plan 6. Verify that the Power Saver II plan is now being used. 7. To restore your computer to its default power saver configuration, select the Balanced plan. Click Change Plan Settings, and then click Restore Default Settings For This Plan. 732 Chapter 14 Working with a Tablet PC Lesson Summary ■ Power plans control how hardware features work and are primarily used with mobile computers to vary the drain on battery charge. ■ Power plans can also control when a computer shuts down or hibernates due to inactivity. Power plans can also be used to customize the behavior of power and hibernation buttons. ■ The default power plans are Balanced, Power Saver, and High Performance. ■ Away mode is a specific configuration that allows a media center extender to wake a media center computer. ■ Custom power plans allow specialized power settings to be stored. ■ Editing the advanced power settings allows power plans to be configured with greater detail. Users need to be able to elevate their privileges in order to edit the advanced power settings. Lesson Review You can use the following questions to test your knowledge of the information in Lesson 2, “Configure Power Options.” The questions are also available on the companion CD if you prefer to review them in electronic form. NOTE Answers Answers to these questions and explanations of why each answer choice is correct or incorrect are located in the “Answers” section at the end of the book. 1. A Windows Vista laptop computer has six power plans: the default three plans and three custom plans. The custom plans are named Custom 1, Custom 2, and Custom 3. The laptop is currently using plan Custom 2. Your user account is a member of the local administrators group. Which of these plans can you delete? (Choose all that apply.) A. Custom 1 B. Custom 2 C. Custom 3 D. Balanced E. Power Saver F. High Performance 2. Your Windows Vista laptop computer is configured to use the Power Saver power plan, which means that it enters power saving mode if not used after a short time. You regularly leave your desk and do not want someone who might encounter your computer in power saving mode to be able to access your data. Which of the following should you do? Lesson 2: Configuring Power Options 733 A. Configure a screen saver password. B. Enable User Account Control. C. Disable User Account Control. D. Require a password to wake from sleep. E. Change to the High Performance power plan. 3. An executive at your company complains that her laptop shuts down unexpectedly when she is in meetings. The power configuration is shown in Figure 14-24. Which of the following changes should you make to resolve this problem? Figure 14-24 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. 734 Chapter 14 Working with a Tablet PC 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. Chapter 14 Review 735 Chapter Review 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. Chapter 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. Key Terms 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. ■ cold boot ■ hibernation ■ pen flick ■ power plan ■ slate ■ sleep ■ tap 736 Chapter 14 Review Case Scenarios 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. Case Scenario 1: Tablet PCs at Tailspin Toys 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? Case Scenario 2: Individualized Power Plans Five people in the research and development division of Wingtip Toys use Windows Vista laptop computers. Each of them has different requirements with regard to performance and battery life. Kim almost always has her laptop plugged into an AC outlet, Ian spends a fair amount of time in meetings with his computer, and Orin likes to go to the park as often as he can and work there. 1. Ian uses his laptop to read the morning news and then drives to work at Wingtip Toys. He takes 45 minutes to commute and wants to quickly restart using the laptop when he arrives at work with a minimal impact on the battery charge. Which of the following power down modes should he use? 2. Which of the default power plans would best suit Kim given what you know about her computer usage habits? 3. Orin has some special requirements. Given his usage habits, which of the default power plans would you use as the basis for creating a custom power plan for his computer? Chapter 14 Review 737 Suggested Practices To help you successfully master the exam objectives presented in this chapter, complete the following tasks. Configure Tablet PC Software ■ Practice 1: Modify Security Settings Vary the security options on the on-screen keyboard, and determine which level provides keyboard feedback when entering a password. ■ Practice 2: Calibrate the Pen Perform pen calibration. ■ Practice 3: Perform Handwriting Recognition Teach Windows Vista to understand your handwriting better by running the Teach The Recognizer Your Handwriting Style routine in Handwriting Personalization. Configure Power Options ■ Practice 1: Basic Power Plans ■ Practice 2: Shut the Lid Set your computer to each of the available default plans. Configure the computer to enter hibernation when the lid is shut. ■ Practice 3: Create a Custom Plan Create a custom plan, and then edit the advanced power settings. Configure a computer running using your custom plans. Take a Practice Test The practice tests on this book’s companion CD offer many options. For example, you can test yourself on just one exam objective, or you can test yourself on all the 70-620 certification exam content. You can set up the test so that it closely simulates the experience of taking a certification exam, or you can set it up in study mode so that you can look at the correct answers and explanations after you answer each question. MORE INFO Practice tests For details about all the practice test options available, see the “How to Use the Practice Tests” section in this book’s Introduction. Answers Chapter 1: Lesson Review Answers Lesson 1 1. Correct Answers: B and C A. Incorrect: The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor does not support Windows 2000 Professional. B. Correct: The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor runs on all 32-bit versions of Windows XP and Vista. C. Correct: The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor runs on all 32-bit versions of Windows XP and Vista. D. Incorrect: The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor does not run on Windows Me. 2. Correct Answer: D A. Incorrect: A 10-megabit network card does not fall below Windows Vista’s minimum recommended requirements. The requirements for Windows Vista do not specify a minimum speed for a network adapter. B. Incorrect: A 100-megabit network card does not fall below Windows Vista’s minimum recommended requirements. The requirements for Windows Vista do not specify a minimum speed for a network adapter. C. Incorrect: A 900 MHz Pentium III Processor exceeds Windows Vista’s minimum recommended requirements. An 800 MHz processor or better is the minimum required to run Windows Vista. D. Correct: Windows Vista has a minimum recommended RAM requirement of 512 MB. 3. Correct Answers: B and D A. Incorrect: Windows Vista has a minimum requirement of an 800 MHz processor. A 3.0 GHz Pentium IV exceeds this. B. Correct: Windows Vista has a minimum requirement of an 800 MHz processor. This processor falls below that speed. C. Incorrect: Windows Vista has a minimum requirement of an 800 MHz processor. This processor exceeds that speed. D. Correct: Windows Vista has a minimum requirement of an 800 MHz processor. This processor falls below that speed. 739