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    Thinkvantage 2 wattage in taskbar

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Charles_, May 11, 2009.

  1. Charles_

    Charles_ Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    On my X61, under XP, I had the option to view the wattage in the taskbar
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    Now I switched to win7 RC1 and with the powermanager v2, this option doesn't exist anymore (yes I can go to advanced batteries option but I want it in the taskbar)

    Problem was related here:
    http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=T400_series_ThinkPads&thread.id=7823

    however the answer doesn't apply with the V2 of the powermanager

    Thank's!
    Charles
     
    Charles_, May 11, 2009
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    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    Charles,
    I've seen similar questions. The drivers that are available now are just prototypes. Every thing will be finished near the date that Windows 7 goes on sale.
    -Renee
     
    Renee, May 11, 2009
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  3. Charles_

    Charles_ Notebook Enthusiast

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    Actually this is more related to the fact that since version 2 of the power manager, the wattage in the taskbar seems not to be present. It was also the case under Vista with people using version 1.5 & more of it. The driver works great, wattage is shown in advance properties, there is not problem to fetch the data, just to present it.

    I'm looking for a hack just like the registry hack of version 1.5 which doesn't work anymore :-(
     
    Charles_, May 12, 2009
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