Reduce power consumption with Vista.

In Windows XP's power settings the standby mode left your computer running at low power and the hibernate mode saved all memory (RAM data) to disk and then shut down your system but often balked at problem programs. Now Vista has an added "away mode" and defaulting to "sleep" rather than off. The Sleep mode starts off like standby but saves memory like hibernate. Then after 15 minutes it just shuts off, with no back talk from programs. To shut down completely, skip the Start menu's orange power button in favor of the right arrow next to it.