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- Click on the Window button in the bottom lefthand corner of the desktop, where the Start button used to be. That will show the Start screen.
- Find the PC Settings icon. It should be in the lower left, and looks like a gear cog. If you hover the mouse pointer over it, it says "PC Settings'. Click that icon.
- Click on the PC and devices menu item. This will display the PC and devices screen.
- Click on the Power and sleep menu item. This will display the Power and sleep options.
- The Sleep options control when Windows 8 will shut down the computer, requiring you to press the power button to restart it. There are two options, one for when the computer is on battery power, and one when it is plugged in.
- When the tLandings laptop is onboard the tender it should be plugged into the tender's AC power. Since we want tLandings to be available without delay, the "When plugged in, turn PC goes to sleep after" option for Sleep should be set to Never.
- If the tLandings laptop is running on its own battery power, then we probably want to have it go to sleep. It really shouldn't be running on battery power, but that could happen if it accidentally gets unplugged. In that case we want it to go to sleep because if it doesn't it will keep running and using battery power until the battery dies. So for the "On battery power, PC goes to sleep after" option for sleep we recommend the setting be 10 minutes.
- The Screen options control when Windows 8 makes the screen go dark, even though the computer is still running. This is more a a personal preference. Making the screen go dark does save power, and wear and tear on the screen. However, it isn't a big deal to leave the screen always on, so it really is up to the user.
- "When plugged in, turn off after" option for Screen can be set to 10 or 15 minutes, or Never as the user prefers.
- "On battery power, turn off after" option for Screen can be 10 minutes.
- The Sleep options control when Windows 8 will shut down the computer, requiring you to press the power button to restart it. There are two options, one for when the computer is on battery power, and one when it is plugged in.
- Click on the AutoPlay menu item
- Set the "Use AutoPlay for all media and devices" option to Off
- Click the left pointing arrow icon in the upper left corner by "PC and devices" to go back to the PC Settings screen.
- There are two ways to close out of the PC Settings screen. You can move the mouse pointer all the way to the top of the screen. A title bar will drop down. On the title bar is an X icon on the righthand side that will close the PC Settings screen. The title bar may disappear when you are moving the mouse, but you can get it back by moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen.
- Alternate method for closing the PC Settings screen.
- Click on the Control Panel menu item at the bottom of the left hand side of the screen to go back to the desktop.
- Close the Control Panel window with the X icon in its upper right hand corner, the way we have always closed windows.
- Right click on the Gear Cog icon on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen and click the Close
- Window menu item. This will close the PC setting screen, which is hanging around even though we can't see it anymore.