enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. pmset - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pmset

    Settings may be adjusted independently for circumstances where the machine is attached to a charger, when running off a battery (in the case of a laptop), or when running off a UPS (if available). Settings can also be adjusted for all four scenarios simultaneously; this is the default option, for when no usage flag is specified.

  3. Adjust the screen saver settings on Mac - AOL Help

    help.aol.com/articles/adjust-the-screen-saver...

    1. Click the Apple menu, and then click System Preferences.. 2. Click the Desktop & Screen Saver icon.. 3. Next to Start screen saver, click and drag the slider back and forth from the minimum amount of time to the maximum amount of time several times.

  4. Mode setting - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_setting

    The KMS does only the mode setting. Mode setting is a software operation that activates a display mode (screen resolution, color depth, and refresh rate) for a computer's display controller by using VESA BIOS Extensions or UEFI Graphics extensions (on more modern computers). The display mode is set by the kernel.

  5. Screen of death - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_of_death

    One is a failure mode of Windows 3.x. One appears when the bootloader for Windows Vista and later fails. In early Windows 11 previews, the Blue Screen of Death was changed to black.

  6. Restart the computer and close programs on Mac - AOL Help

    help.aol.com/articles/restart-the-computer-and...

    Note: Wait for 20 seconds, and then turn on the computer. 2. On the keyboard, hold down the Command and Option keys, and then tap the esc key. In the Force Quit Applications window, click any program other than Finder to highlight it, and then click Force Quit. 3.

  7. Sleep mode - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_mode

    Sleep mode has gone by various names, including Stand By, Suspend and Suspend to RAM. Machine state is held in RAM and, when placed in sleep mode, the computer cuts power to unneeded subsystems and places the RAM into a minimum power state, just sufficient to retain its data. Because of the large power saving, most laptops automatically enter ...

  8. Target Disk Mode - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Disk_Mode

    Target Disk Mode (sometimes referred to as TDM or Target Mode) is a boot mode unique to Macintosh computers. When a Mac that supports Target Disk Mode [1] is started with the 'T' key held down, its operating system does not boot. Instead, the Mac's firmware enables its drives to behave as a SCSI, FireWire, Thunderbolt, or USB-C external mass ...

  9. Screen burn-in - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_burn-in

    Burn-in on a monitor, when severe as in this "please wait" message, is visible even when the monitor is switched off. Screen burn-in, image burn-in, ghost image, or shadow image, is a permanent discoloration of areas on an electronic visual display such as a cathode-ray tube (CRT) in an older computer monitor or television set. It is caused by ...