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This screen also offers a link for choosing and arranging the tiles you want

on your Quick Actions palette; see “The Notifications List”.

Focus Assist

This “Do not disturb” feature is described nicely on “The Notifications
List”.

Power & Sleep

These options manage the power consumption of your computer. That’s a
big deal when you’re running on battery power, of course, but it’s also

important if you’d like to save money (and the environment) by cutting
down on the juice consumed by your desktop PC.

The drop-down menus here govern the sleeping habits of two components:

your screen and the computer itself. The sooner they sleep, the more power
you save. The drop-down menus let you choose intervals from “1 minute”
to “Never.”

Of course, when your PC is plugged in, you might not care so much about
battery savings—so you get a second set of drop-down menus that govern
sleep schedules when the machine has wall power.

Finally, “Network connection” (available for machines with batteries)
specifies whether or not you want your laptop or tablet to remain connected
to the network when it’s asleep and not plugged into power. Your choices

are Never, Always, and Managed by Windows, meaning that only certain
apps are allowed to stay connected to the network: internet calling apps like

Skype and apps you’ve allowed to run in the background (in → →
Privacy → “Background apps”).

Tip

The “Additional power settings” link opens up the old Power Options page of the Control Panel,
where you have far more detailed control over various elements of your computer and how much
power they use.