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Battery Power Meter
Name: roryspangler Date: July 27, 2004 at 14:42:34 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 266/196 (slow)
Comment:
Hi, i just put xp on my compaq presario 1235 laptop, and the battery meter will not show up, it only shows up as ON AC POWER, no matter what. It does beep when the battery is getting low. I have it set up as LAPTOP/PORTABLE but still, no battery icon in the systray. Any ideas where it went?
Name: setishock Date: July 27, 2004 at 17:12:09 Pacific
Reply:
Ok on the screen saver window is a button to get to power setting for drives and such. On the advanced tab the first selection is to show the power icon in the tray. After doing that unplug the power pack and see if the icon switches to the battery.
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