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    Laptop battery help

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by The_Joker1, Jan 19, 2009.

  1. The_Joker1

    The_Joker1 Newbie

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    Greetings 1 and all!
    I've stumbled on this forum after trawling through Google!
    Anybody, that's ANYBODY please help:-
    When my laptop is NOT on charge ie not plugged into the mains. When I hover my mouse over the battery indicator it shows how much charge is remaining and not the duration left. This is a tad inconveniant as I'm none the wiser as to 2when it will power down. Surely it would be a simple matter of 1 of you laptop boffins to come up wiv a solution :)

    My Email address is [email protected]
     
    The_Joker1, Jan 19, 2009
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    Use some 3rd party utility such as BatteryInfo or batterMonitor

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jan 19, 2009
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  3. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Ui tiscali... we have them... they are a bit inconvenient since moving house, but we want the unlimited calls...

    Anyway:
    Another problem with percentage - if the battery is "worn out" as on my old laptop the percent amount to little - 100% = 40min max on it.

    I'm curious, will the same happen in safe mode?

    And if its Vista - there should be sidebar gadgets available.
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 19, 2009
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  4. The_Joker1

    The_Joker1 Newbie

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    I shold have mentioned, My OS is XP Pro and my laptop/battery is new.
    Anybody else have any ideas :confused:
     
    The_Joker1, Jan 20, 2009
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  5. nic.

    nic. Notebook Evangelist

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    Try this, it should do what you want.
     
    nic., Jan 20, 2009
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  6. The_Joker1

    The_Joker1 Newbie

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    Will try out, many fanks for da info :D
     
    The_Joker1, Jan 20, 2009
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