Software that monitors battery power?
Feb 5, 2006 | 09:14 AM
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Software that monitors battery power?
Anyone know any good software that will monitor how much battery you have left on a laptop? I formated my Inspiron and need a new one now
Feb 5, 2006 | 09:36 AM
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Anyone know any good software that will monitor how much battery you have left on a laptop? I formated my Inspiron and need a new one now
windows
right click desktop>properties>screen saver>power>advanced>check "always show icon on the task bar"
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Feb 5, 2006 | 09:40 AM
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windows
right click desktop>properties>screen saver>power>advanced>check "always show icon on the task bar"
Wao... i didn't know it was that easy.... I feel stupid now
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Feb 5, 2006 | 10:08 AM
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windows
right click desktop>properties>screen saver>power>advanced>check "always show icon on the task bar"
ftw! i forgot how to do that as well.
Feb 5, 2006 | 12:56 PM
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you can also have widget that does that
Feb 5, 2006 | 07:17 PM
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Battery Monitor .NET
Battery Monitor .NET
This is what I use and I really like it.
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Feb 5, 2006 | 07:46 PM
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you can also have widget that does that
or use what is already built in, free, known to work and isn't a resource hog.
Feb 6, 2006 | 05:49 AM
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or use what is already built in, free, known to work and isn't a resource hog.
that would make too much sense and require a mouse over on the icon in the task bar.:doh:
Feb 6, 2006 | 09:59 AM
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that would make too much sense and require a mouse over on the icon in the task bar.:doh:
Not to mention how uncool my friends think that looks
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Feb 6, 2006 | 10:00 AM
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Battery Monitor .NET
This is what I use and I really like it.
I tried installing this twice before i figured out how to use the windows one and it kept giving me errors and would never work.