Battery MaxiMiser is driving me CRAZY! HELP

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akhavan · #1 Post by **akhavan** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 5:12 am

Hi,

I originally posted this in ThinkPad T Series forum but nobody could help me. So here I go again:

When I bought my T41p from Bill I use to get Battery Maximiser Gauge on my Taskbar even after reboot but now it does not work properly any more.

When I run Battery MaxiMiser Wizard> check Show Battery Maximiser Gauge on Taskbar or from ThinkPad Configuration utility Option>Customize>Add Battery MaxiMiser Gauge on Task Bar it shows on my Taskbar. But when I reboot my computer it no longer shows, it gets check off from show option, so if I want it I have to go through Battery MaxiMiser Wizard or ThinkPad Configuration utility again. This happens each time I reboot my T41P.

I uninstalled the Battery MaxiMiser Wizard and ThinkPad Configuration utility and IBM power management driver from IBM Software Installer window and Add/Remove several times and reinstalled the latest driver for all of them (I had the latest drivers before anyway) still no joy.

OK the power management keeps the right profile and I KNOW its not the end of the world but I like to get it back again after reboot instead of running the Battery Maximiser (or ThinkPad Configuration utility) each time I want it.

Its really really irritating and I would appreciate any advice/help on this.

Sepehr

ldbobby · #2 Post by **ldbobby** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:12 pm

You could throw a shortcut of it into your user's Startup folder.

ibmuser · #3 Post by **ibmuser** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:47 pm

You might want to look at this as well:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... duct=winxp

But I think the problem might be that you first need to go through Thinkpad Configuration/power management. Then look at the power meter tab (or open Battery Maximizer Wizard by pressing the CORRECT one of the two battery-related icons, and configure that way).

akhavan · #4 Post by **akhavan** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 3:21 am

ldbobby

I have tried the shortcut in the user Startup folder but it doesn't work. The Battery Maximizer keeps my power profile but the Maximizer Gauger on Task bar doesn't come up after the reboot.

ibmuser

Thanks for the link. I already have the "Auto-hide the task bar" off.

Any other ideas?

Sepehr

ibmuser · #5 Post by **ibmuser** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:52 pm

can't think what else it might be - save for some service you have disabled that the maximizer might need.

akhavan · #6 Post by **akhavan** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:44 am

ibmuser

Any idea which service. I have uninstalled and reinstalled all the IBM applications but i still have the same problem.

Sepehr

s0larian · #7 Post by **s0larian** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:56 am

Sounds for me like a Windows XP taskbar bug. I have sometimes the case that the quick launch icons disapear after reboot, but you never know why and when. So perhaps a fresh install or recovery could solve your problem.

akhavan · #8 Post by **akhavan** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:12 am

Thanks.

But too drastic an action to have Battery Maximiser Gauge on Taskbar.

Sepehr

ibmuser · #9 Post by **ibmuser** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 5:55 pm

The gauge window is created by IBM's PWRMONIT.DLL I believe - maybe someone can verify this for you - but I'm not sure if some disabled service is preventing it from loading. You could try to turn them all on - that might be the best way to ascertain if this is the issue. Keep tabs on your current service settings just in case you need to go back your current configuration.

ibmuser · #10 Post by **ibmuser** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 6:01 pm

One quick queston:
in Thinkpad Configuration, under Power Management, click Advanced Settings, then the Advanced tab. If "Always show icon on the taskbar" is checked, UNCHECK it..
Then try running on battery. Does the icon show up?

ldbobby · #11 Post by **ldbobby** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:51 pm

Something that might work... if the mode of being on the taskbar or not isn't saved on a file... it just might be in the registry. So you might wanna try running "regedit" and search for Battery Maximzer or some other combo/uncombo

and then just deleting those keys/registers/whatever you wanna call them. Of course save your registery first before you try.

akhavan · #12 Post by **akhavan** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:03 am

Solved !!!

First thanks to ibmuser for his interest in my problem.

The Culprit was 'StartUp Manager" http://www.startupmgr.com/
If the program is in startup mode itself it would STOP the Battery Maximiser Gauge on Taskbar even though I had the Battery Maximiser checked for startup!

Startup Manager is a good program for stopping a lot of unnecessary programs to startup in your window but obviously it doesn't work with Battery Maximiser even if you tell the program its OK for it to be in the startup folder.

The weird thing is I had stopped the 'StartUp Manager' in five previous attempt and it did not make any difference but this time it did!

I do not know why and don't want to know since its working now.

Any way thanks to people who tried to help me.

Sepehr

Battery MaxiMiser is driving me CRAZY! HELP

Battery MaxiMiser is driving me CRAZY! HELP

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