Doing this little task will not only make your battery last longer it will also save energy and money, therefore creating less air pollution. It's simple and everyone can adopt the idea. The best part is it takes less then two minutes, so why not do it now. "Go on... We'll wait." I read an article on Green Yahoo the other day claiming it saves as much as $90.00 a year by just powering down your computer every time you are done with it.
Another suggestion is to not use screen savers. The fish swimming by are nice to look at but they are actually using up energy. Lastly only plug in your computer's charger to the AC outlet when you are charging your computer. It still pulls electricity from the wall even if it's not charging anything up. That goes for your kitchen appliances, and any other charger. If you have a surge protector and everything connected to it is off unplug it from the wall. If you go on vacation unplug your TV, VCR, Lamps and come back to see how much you saved.
Instructions from eHow.com
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Open the "Control Panel" and change the view to "Small Icons."
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Open "Power Options" from the list.
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Choose a different available power plan or click "Create a power plan" to customize your own. When you open "Power Options," "Power Saver" is selected. Default plans are "Balanced," "Power Saver" and "High Performance." You can also customize the default plans by choose "Change plan settings."
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Click the "X" button at the top right of the window to save and close the changes.
Read more: How to Turn Off Your Computer's Power Saver Mode | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7403588_turn-computer_s-power-saver-mode.html#ixzz1JcIiqr4E
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