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    XPS 13 Questions

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hah2110, Apr 12, 2009.

  1. hah2110

    hah2110 Notebook Consultant

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    #1 - What is the "Dell Extended Battery Life" option in the advanced power options? What does it do? The help article just says that extends the battery life.
    #2 - With the facial recognition software, is there any way to take multiple "logon" images for the same user? Like sometimes I have the laptop on my lap and sometimes it is on my desk and sometimes it is on the side so I can use with my external monitor and it seems like it won't log me in automatically unless I am in the exact position as when I enrolled it.
    #3 - When I turned the computer on on battery 30 minutes ago, I turned it to power saver and lowered the brightness and it said 4hr 23m but after a restart, it went down to 2hr 44m. Any ideas why?
     
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    Tinselworm Notebook Deity

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    3- you kept it on for an hour and a half?
     
    Tinselworm, Apr 12, 2009
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  3. Luke1708

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    The o.s calculates the tiome remaining at a certain time interval. The working conditions determine your laptop battery remaining. So when you restarted your laptop, the resources consumption changed.
     
    Luke1708, Apr 12, 2009
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    hah2110 Notebook Consultant

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    Yea sorry I definitely only used it for about 10 minutes. Also, why do the NVidia drivers take up almost 3gb?
     
    hah2110, Apr 12, 2009
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    Fast access actually adds pictures to its database everytime you type your password in, instead of allowing the camera to grab your face
     
    jmueller, Apr 13, 2009
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