So, recently i turned on my laptop and i noticed that the battery meter in the system tray is no longer there. so i went to power options and checked off the always show indicator. however, still nothing. i tried plugging/unplugging the laptop, checking/unchecking the option, and restarting, all to no avail. any help? thank Bobby Pentium 4 @ 2.66 Ghz 533 Mhz FSB 1.25 Gb PC2700 RAM Nvidia Geforce 6600GT 40 Gb hdd 160 Gb hdd DVD Burner CD Burner Windows XP

I presume you mean that when your laptop is plugged IN, that there is no battery meter? That is normal, BUT, the meter should show when the laptop is unplugged. Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks

nope even when its unplugged Bobby Pentium 4 @ 2.66 Ghz 533 Mhz FSB 1.25 Gb PC2700 RAM Nvidia Geforce 6600GT 40 Gb hdd 160 Gb hdd DVD Burner CD Burner Windows XP

Hiya devils6889 Have you tried right clicking the taskbar or system tray and selecting properties? There, if you select "Customize", you have options of selecting how you want current and past icons to act in the system tray... e.g. "Hide when inactive", "Always hide" and "Always show". Or you can simply choose to "Restore Defaults" I hope this helps.

P.S. the "On AC Power" icon is the same as the battery meter icon. They switch depending on how you are powering your laptop. Battery meter when you are running it on the battery and "On AC" when laptop is plugged in.