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Take Control of Your Computer's Power Settings, Save Electricity and the Whales

We can all agree that extending your laptop's battery life conserving electricity are good things. And if there are simple things you can do to save electricity -- like putting your computer to sleep instead of leaving it on all night long -- then you should probably do it.

In this exclusive Business Hacks video tutorial, I show you how to change the function of the power button on your Start menu so it can sleep, shut down, whatever you like -- and also how to change what the power button on the computer case does (mine makes the PC hibernate).



Don't forget that we've got dozens more of these videos where this one came from. Here are some of our favorites:

Is there a particular tip, trick, technique, Office secret, or vexing Windows task you'd like to see demonstrated in a future video? Let me know!
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