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Quick question about Battery Maximzer

#1 Post by Temetka » Sun May 13, 2007 2:54 pm

In XP Pro SP2, How do I get the battery icon just outside of the system tray to report time remaining instead of percent remaining?

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#2 Post by bontistic » Mon May 14, 2007 12:39 am

Try this:

Left click on the battery icon > Show > "Remaining time when on battery"

Then disconnect your AC adapter.

Edit: My bad, I'm using Power Manager.
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#3 Post by Dodge DeBoulet » Mon May 14, 2007 5:38 am

bontistic wrote:Edit: My bad, I'm using Power Manager.
I'm pretty sure XP's "standard" battery icon shows only inside the tray, so the OP must actually be talking about Power Manager.
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#4 Post by bontistic » Mon May 14, 2007 7:58 am

Could still be Battery Maximiser since if I remember it correctly, the T41p (on his sig) is not in the support list of Power Manager (first T4x was the T43/p).

Anyway, I have a T42 at home so I can check it when I get back.
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#5 Post by Temetka » Mon May 14, 2007 3:50 pm

When I am booted into Vista and am running the battery maximizer software, I can do this. Can't find an option for it in XP.
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