Power-Manager utility for Windows 8 (third-party)

[thinkutils]

Hi...

I wrote a small utility that might be interesting for ThinkPad users running Windows 8 who miss the "old" battery indicator and power manager. It's pretty limited by now, but I'm planning to add more features in the future.

What's implemented by now:
- system power status monitoring (a.k.a. battery indicator) in a "desktop tile"
- charge control, which lets you customize battery charge thresholds

What's in the making:
- display more useful battery information (battery manufacturer, manufacture date, charge cycles, etc.)
- auto-switch power scheme on power event (AC line connect/disconnect, etc.)

Well, to cut the chase, here's the link if you're interested...
http://thinkutils.wordpress.com/collect ... r-manager/

Smile
Florian

[kitor]

Have you tried Windows 7 version of Power Manager? On my t400 running Win8 Pro x64 it's working 100% ok.

[thinkutils]

Have you tried Windows 7 version of Power Manager? On my t400 running Win8 Pro x64 it's working 100% ok.

Yes, I did - I know, it works fine on Windows 8 in compatibility mode and for older generation ThinkPad machines (up to X200, for example) it's the way to go as there is no Settings Dependency Package available anymore. My solution is not intended to be a replacement, I just wanted to have something that feels more "native" to the Windows 8 experience and it's a nice playground to improve my WPF/XAML design/programming skills.